Newsflash #520

FDA orders recall of Baxter’s Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps: The FDA has notified health care professionals and consumers of a letter sent to Baxter on April 30 ordering the company to recall and destroy all Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps currently used in the United States — there may be as many as 200,000 pumps currently in use. FDA News Release

Boxed Warning for Propylthiouracil: The FDA has added a boxed warning to the drug label for propylthiouracil about reports of severe liver injury and acute liver failure, in some cases fatal, that have been reported in both adult and pediatric patients who used this drug. MedWatch website