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UK: Disinfectant Withdrawn Over Safety Fears
A commonly used disinfectant in the NHS is to be withdrawn after staff reported skin problems and
asthma. The product is used to disinfect fragile surgical instruments and is made by Johnson and Johnson. Cidex is to be taken
off the UK market on 01 May 2002. Cidex is one of the brand names for Glutaraldehyde, a toxic colourless, oily liquid also
available as an aqueous solution. more
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Information For Professionals In Countries Where Glutaraldehyde Will Not Be Withdrawn From The
CDC And NIOSH.
Glutaraldehyde is used as a cold sterilant to disinfect and clean heat-sensitive equipment such as
dialysis instruments, surgical instruments, suction bottles, bronchoscopes, endoscopes, and ear, nose, and throat instruments.
This chemical is also used as a tissue fixative in histology and pathology labs and as a hardening agent in the development of
X-rays. Glutaraldehyde is a colorless, oily liquid with a pungent odor. Hospital workers use it most often in a diluted form mixed
with water. The strength of glutaraldehyde and water solutions typically ranges from 1% to 50%, but other formulations are
available. Trade names include Cidex®, Sonacide®, Sporicidin, Hospex, Omnicide, Metricide, and Wavicide. The purpose of
this brochure is to make you aware of the adverse health effects of glutaraldehyde; describe how you can be exposed to
glutaraldehyde; and provide and identify control methods and work practices to prevent or reduce your exposure to
glutaraldehyde. more
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FDA Approves Drug To Treat Rare Pediatric Liver Disease
Yesterday, the FDA approved a new drug, nitisinone capsules, to treat hereditary tyrosinemia type I
(HT-1), a rare pediatric disease causing progressive liver failure and liver cancer in young children. Fewer than 100 children in
the United States are affected by HT-1. more
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After Serious Head Injury, Survivors May Still Be Able To Learn Without Awareness, Via Different
Brain Structures
Severe closed-head injury (CHI), like that caused in a car accident, can impair the ability for
purposeful learning, for example in school or on the job. However, there is cause for hope: Psychologists have evidence that
severe-CHI survivors may still be able to learn without awareness that they're learning. This kind of learning, called "implicit,"
may be supported by a separate, earlier-evolving brain mechanism than the "explicit" type. These findings, which are reported in
the January issue of Neuropsychology, may aid the effort to remediate the cognitive abilities of CHI survivors, who often are
impaired during young adulthood. The Centers for Disease Control have estimated that 5.3 million Americans, a little more than
two percent of the U.S. population, currently live with disabilities resulting from CHI. Neuropsychology is published by the
American Psychological Association (APA). more
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Home Uterine Monitoring Yields No Value In Predicting Preterm Delivery
A new study suggests that home uterine activity monitors, long used by women who are at high risk for
preterm birth, have no value in actually predicting early delivery. The study, led by researchers at The Ohio State University
Medical Center with grants from the National Institutes of Health, also found that other screening tools for preterm birth may not
be as effective as originally believed. more
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