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Chris Morris

Hand soap recalled for bacterial infection that could cause sepsis

A person washing their hands (Credit: Visual Vic—Getty Images)
  • DermaRite Industries has recalled several soaps and antiseptic cleaners. The soaps could be infected with a bacteria that could lead to sepsis for immunocompromised people. Consumers are being encouraged to stop using the affected items immediately.

Washing your hands is the best way to kill germs—most of the time. But a New Jersey manufacturer of hand soap has issued an urgent recall after discovering four of its products could include Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), a bacterial group that can cause chronic lung infections and be potentially deadly to people who are immunocompromised. For those patients, the infection could spread into blood stream leading to life-threatening sepsis.

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