My son, who is immunocompromised, was seen by his podiatrist for an ingrown toe nail> a portion of the nail was removed and it was cleaned with stericare 0.9% sodium chloride irrigation batch number 6281.This has been recalled due to not being sterile.This was used on an open would/surgical site on my son.He was put on an antibiotic to try and prevent infection.A week later the toe was getting much worse, the dr again cleaned the wound out and used this same solution to clean it and another antibiotic.In the weeks that followed my son was seen by his pediatrician and as well as an urgent care.He was on several different antibiotics but on march 15th he was doing very bad.We took him to (b)(6) hospital where he was admitted to icu.He had several bacteria growing in his toe, he was in septic shock and the infection had spread to his bone.He spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital, being admitted to the icu 2 times while there.He needed several antibiotics, including iv antibiotics.He needed multiple tests, xrays, and mris.As well as weeks of antibiotics after leaving the hospital.Reason for use: to clean a would/surgical site at drs office.
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