Tampered IV bags raise questions over safety of medical products

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Tampered IV bags raise questions over safety of medical products
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The I-Team sent several questions to regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical associations to get answers about the safety and integrity of IV bags.

would not go on camera, but in a statement, it told the I-Team that IV bags do not normally contain a tamper proof feature."Empty IV bags are devices intended for the transfer and admixture of medications and are used to administer solutions intravenously via a spike port. These devices do not normally contain a tamper proof feature. The agency has cleared accessories to these devices that are intended to provide a tamper evident seal for IV bags.

ASA Director Dr. Michael Champeau said that wrapper should remain in place until use; however, he says,"It would be possible to tamper with that and have it be largely undetected. ….It would be possible to create a very small hole there." Dr. Shepherd said medicines are sealed and digitally tracked and traced as they travel to pharmacies; however, once they get there, they arrive in"larger bottles" where tampering would be hard to detect.

In 1982, seven people died after taking Tylenol bought on store shelves - that were laced with cyanide. The culprit was never caught but good did come.

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