26 October, 2012

Poor Sanitation Found at Pharmacy Linked to Meningitis Outbreak - NYTimes.com

Poor Sanitation Found at Pharmacy Linked to Meningitis Outbreak - NYTimes.com: WASHINGTON — A federal inspection of a company whose tainted pain medicine has caused one of the worst public health drug disasters since the 1930s found greenish-yellow residue on sterilization equipment, surfaces coated with levels of mold and bacteria that exceeded the company’s own environmental limits, and an air-conditioner that was shut off nightly despite the importance of controlling temperature and humidity.