Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C48oOcerTFL/ The FDA has fired off letters to the Chinese manufacturer of plastic syringes and the two American importers of these products due to persisting quality issues.   The FDA has directed Medline Industries and Sol-Millennium Medical Inc, the importers and distributors of these Chinese syringes, to immediately transition away from selling plastic syringes manufactured by Jiangsu Caina Medical Co. Ltd as this company’s syringes consistently leak, break, and fail to deliver reproducible liquid volumes. The FDA warns consumers, medical teams, and healthcare organizations to check the origin of the syringes they use and to use non-Chinese syringes if at all possible.  If they must be used, monitor them carefully for failures.  Glass syringes, syringes pre-filled with medications, and syringes used for topical and oral delivery of medications are not affected. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/update-evaluating-plastic-syringes-made-china-