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U.S.HEALTH ALERT

Hospitals Must Destroy Whole Medline Kits in Class I Recall

The FDA's most serious recall level covers Medline kits holding BD ChloraPrep applicators, so hospitals must scrap everything in the box; a jade roller is not a replacement.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA Class I recall, the most serious kind the FDA has, means hospitals must destroy whole Medline kits, not just the recalled BD ChloraPrep applicators inside them.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTamsin Orrelby is a life coach joining us from a wellness retreat. Tamsin, this is a surgical antiseptic. What's your read?

  3. Tamsin OrrelbyChip, I say this with love: when a kit gets recalled, the kit was asking for it.

  4. Tamsin OrrelbySterile is a feeling, and these hospitals simply stopped believing in clean.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSterile is a medical standard, and the whole kit goes in the trash because the applicators are the problem.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDo you have a view on that?

  7. Tamsin OrrelbyMy view is that this jade roller has never once been recalled. I roll it on my forehead before every big decision, and I say that with love for the hospitals.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYour forehead isn't a surgical site.

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