(10/15/12) - Two more drugs from The New England Compounding Center in
Massachusetts are being investigated after more than a dozen people have died
from meningitis that's linked to contaminated shots manufactured at the
pharmacy.
One involves another type of steroid, the other a drug given to a heart
transplant patient. There are a total of 46 cases in Michigan related to the
outbreak.
Three people have died including a 56-year-old Genesee County woman. A fourth
woman died in Michigan but received a tainted shot in Indiana.
ABC12 News spoke with a Mid-Michigan pharmacist who specializes in compounding
prescriptions.
Compounding Pharmacist Michael Collins didn't waste any time addressing the
multi state fungal meningitis outbreak that's linked to tainted steroid shots
from a compounding pharmacy in Massachusetts. "I can't speak for what they did
wrong, but all I can tell you is that there are thousands of compounding
pharmacies working hard every day to save people's lives."
Collins has been in practice for 30 years. After realizing a need for
customized medication, he expanded his operation. Even becoming PCAB accredited.
"We have special training that we go to, I send my team of technicians to learn
how best to keep their technique, upgrade with new equipment and supplies and to
really test our abilities we became accredited."
Collins said Healthway Compounding Pharmacy never buys chemicals from
overseas and has several extra layers of protection for patients and staff.
"We can buy from China on the Web, but I refuse to. We do a lot of in house
testing and sending out to a third party to make sure what we create is good.
The best we can do is create systems and put hose in place, train our people
right to make sure we limit those mistakes."
Monday, May 20 2013 6:34 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:34:54 GMT
(05/20/13) - After a two-week hiatus students in the Buena Vista School District returned to class Monday morning. Jemicah Coleman, a Buena Vista High School junior, says it was a Monday like many other.
After a two-week hiatus students in the Buena Vista School District returned to class Monday morning.
Tuesday, May 21 2013 4:06 AM EDT2013-05-21 08:06:15 GMT
(5/20/13) The week before Memorial Day is a busy time at the Great Lakes National Cemetery.A team of volunteers considers it sacred ground and they want the area to look its best.For six months, these
The week before Memorial Day is a busy time at the Great Lakes National Cemetery. A team of volunteers considers it sacred ground and they want the area to look its best.
Monday, May 20 2013 11:46 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:46:21 GMT
(05/20/13) - The storm plunged over 15,000 people into the dark and crews are out working right now to restore that service.The hardest hit counties are Gratiot with nearly 5,000 without service, along
(05/20/13) - The storm plunged over 15,000 people into the dark and crews are out working right now to restore that service.The hardest hit counties are Gratiot with nearly 5,000 without service, along
Monday, May 20 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-21 03:42:10 GMT
Bought, sold, traded, stolen and dealt. Moving from person to person, finding a way into a criminal's hands - and too often, ending the journey in a deadly flash.ABC12's Angie Hendershot went inside
Monday, May 20 2013 6:25 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:25:19 GMT
(05/20/13) - The Bay County Road Commission says Midland Road, from Three Mile to Four Mile Road, in Monitor Township is closed. Reconstruction work began on that stretch of road, Monday. Drivers are
The Bay County Road Commission says Midland Road, from Three Mile to Four Mile Road, in Monitor Township is closed.
Monday, May 20 2013 6:25 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:25:00 GMT
(05/20/13) - Lapeer East High School been named one of Newsweek's 2013 America's Best High Schools. Lapeer East is ranked among the top 10 percent. The school also ranked 29th out of 826 Michigan high
Lapeer East High School been named one of Newsweek's 2013 America's Best High Schools.
Monday, May 20 2013 6:24 PM EDT2013-05-20 22:24:41 GMT
(05/20/13) - Thirty-nine churches within the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw are coming together in new parishes with new names, once a merger goes into effect this summer. That diocese merger will take
Thirty-nine churches within the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw are coming together in new parishes with new names, once a merger goes into effect this summer.
