HealthDay News — Hospitals, clinics and health-care professionals should immediately stop using Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel due to risk of bacterial contamination in certain ...

(CBS News) U.S. Marshals have raided a New Jersey plant that produces ultrasound transmission gel at the request of the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the agency found product samples ...

(HealthDay News) — An atypical presentation of contact dermatitis due to ultrasound gel has been reported in a 67-year-old male patient. The case report was published online September 8 in the Journal ...

NHS hospitals have been issued a warning after some patients became seriously ill from contaminated ultrasound gel. They have urged staff to ensure that ultrasound gel is stored and used properly. UK ...

The FDA in July raised concerns over cleanliness and sterilization during an inspection at a New Jersey company which had a batch of its ultrasound gel seized by federal agents Wednesday because the ...

Scroll down to find out times when the NHS procedure is used SEVEN patients, two of whom were critically ill, have been infected with a contaminated gel during NHS procedures. The patients across four ...

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - U.S. officials on Wednesday confiscated ultrasound gel in New Jersey that health regulators believe infected 16 surgical patients with a potentially deadly bacteria.

PETALING JAYA: An ultrasound gel is being recalled due to safety risks, according to the Medical Device Authority (MDA). Its chief executive, Dr Muralitharan Paramasua, said in a statement on Tuesday ...

Guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists to reduce the risk of infection from contaminated gels. The recommendations are based on the authors' own experiences with an outbreak traced to ...

A Canadian company has recalled some lots of its ultrasound gel after 15 people were sickened with a bacterial infection. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals ...

"Ultrasound is a critical healthcare tool used every day in both diagnostic and interventional procedures," said Paul Chittick, MD, lead author of the study. "Although contaminated gel has been the ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warnings for doctors, hospitals and clinics regarding contaminated ultrasound gel produced by a New Jersey company that infected 16 cardiac ...