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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social

because they don't tell you in the head or sub-head: the brand is DermaRite. there are specific products & batch numbers in the article

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Hand soaps are now being recalled because they can cause serious infection including sepsis and death.

In “healthy” individuals with minor cuts they will likely cause localized infection, but in immune compromised people it could be fatal.

Truly the worst timeline:

A number of soap products sold nationwide are being recalled over concerns that using them could result in "serious and life-threatening infections."

Hand soaps recalled nationwide over potential for 'serious and life-threatening infections'

A number of soap products sold nationwide are being recalled over concerns that using them could result in "serious and life-threatening infections."

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    Flux 🤍🩶💜🖤 @fluxandflow.bsky.social

    FDA link is here:

    For some reason they're listing it as a "terminated recall" which makes no sense.

    www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

    DermaRite Industries, LLC is voluntarily recalling individual lots of products in the table below due to microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepecia.

    DermaRite Industries Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of DermaKleen, Dermasarra, Kleenfoam, and Perigiene Products Due to Burkholderia cepacia Contamination

    DermaRite Industries, LLC is voluntarily recalling individual lots of products in the table below due to microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepecia.
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    BootHillBossanova @boothillbossanova.bsky.social

    Gotta love the clickbait for shit like this. Let me guess, I have to subscribe, sign in with Google, accept all cookies, etc. etc. in order to read the article to figure out if my hand soap might kill me.

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    Phoebe Zeitler @phoebe.codeindigolabs.com

    Thank you for this. What makes this worse, even beyond the fact that it's happening, is that these are dispenser soap refills. Unless it has a window showing you the brand, any random public bathroom might have these. Check the dispenser BEFORE you go.

    (cc @diane.dianeduane.com)

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    Eugene The Silliest Goose @transgander.bsky.social

    Oh goodness. A lot of the soap brands sold in stores around here are American ones so this may impact Canada too but not me specifically (I usually buy Ivory brand soap bars and that's what I have right now it seems).

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    Beth 🏳️‍🌈🧠 @sisterwolf.bsky.social

    So like, this is concerning as this is the sort of thing you should wash your hands with when you or someone in your home is immunocompromised.

    But soap and water is still effective for most people and should, in fact, be your go-to. Just do it the way you learned during the pandemic.

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    Chris Tierney @readyuser.one

    It feels like bacteria shouldn't be able to survive in a hand soap — is this a situation (like with isopropanol) where bacteria are killed by [a thing] + water, but are not killed by the thing in isolation?

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    Phantom - Comms Open! @fantosmephoinix.bsky.social

    Here's the recall page on their website if anyone is looking for it! It DOES name specific types here! dermarite.com/voluntary-re...

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DermaRite Industries, LLC is voluntarily recalling individual lots of products in the table below due to microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepecia. Risk Statemen...

    DermaRite Industries Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of DermaKleen, Dermasarra, Kleenfoam, and Perigiene Products Due to Burkholderia cepacia Contamination. - DermaRite Industries, LLC.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DermaRite Industries, LLC is voluntarily recalling individual lots of products in the table below due to microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepecia. Risk Statemen...
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    Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social

    I was about to repost the story elsewhere, saying, "What a good thing firms are self-regulating," when it occurred to me that there are people who would take that as straight and nod their heads.

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    Halfbroke Horsewoman 🌻🏇🏼🌻 @tidypony.bsky.social

    And the editor in me would quibble at these antibacterial washes being called “soaps” in a headline. True soaps do not clean via antibacterial chemicals. They dissolve proteins and fats, break surface tension, so as to rinse disease-causing microbes away, as opposed to killing them outright.

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