All ultrasound gels and lotions manufactured by Canada’s Eco-Med Pharmaceutical are at risk of having been contaminated by the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia (Bcc), the FDA determined, prompting the ...

If you've ever had a sonogram you know that, even though the test isn't too hard to endure, the cold glob of gel that goes on your skin before you get "wanded" is pretty unpleasant. Japanese ...

HealthDay News — Hospitals, clinics and health-care professionals should immediately stop using Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel due to risk of bacterial contamination in certain ...

U.S. Marshals, acting at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, have seized Pharmaceutical Innovations’ Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gels after an FDA analysis found that ...

Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals doesn’t know how some of its ultrasound gels got contaminated with the Burkholderia cepacia bacterial complex, but the Canadian company acknowledged the consequences can be ...

Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals issued a recall Aug. 4 of several lots of its ultrasound gel after finding they were contaminated with the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia, which has caused at least 15 ...

Ultrasonography is a non-invasive imaging technique used for real-time imaging. This versatile technique is used as a reliable diagnostic tool in various modalities. The conventional liquid gel used ...

Researchers at MIT have designed a wearable ultrasound patch that can image organs as well as a conventional ultrasound does, without the need for cold gel or an operator. While they used it to ...

(HealthDay News) – Hospitals, clinics, and health care professionals should immediately discontinue using Other-Sonic Generic Ultrasound Transmission Gel due to risk of bacterial contamination in ...