ASRA Pain Medicine Update

Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is voluntarily recalling certain lots of its Eco-Gel 200 ultrasound gel due to bacterial contamination. The product is also distributed as MediChoice Ultrasound Gel by Owens and Minor and Mac Medical Supply. These ultrasound gels are non-sterile and not indicated for sterile procedures.

Eco-Med is instructing all health care facilities to identify the affected products by lot number and immediately destroy or return products from affected lots to Eco-Med.

The affected lots and reporting form can be found on the FDA’s website.