WASHINGTON — DermaRite Industries, LLC has issued a voluntary recall of select lots of four over-the-counter healthcare products due to bacteria contamination.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the recalled hand soap, cleanser and antiseptic products are contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC).
The recalled products include:
The affected products were distributed nationwide and in Puerto Rico. A full list of affected lot and reorder numbers can be found online here .
According to the FDA, BCC contamination can cause serious and potentially life-threatening infections, especially in immunocompromised individuals.
In healthy users with minor skin lesions, the bacteria may cause localized infections, but in people with weakened immune systems, infec