(MOBILE, Ala.) - 44 Alabama hospitals and clinics have received products from the facility believed to be responsible for a fungal meningitis outbreak.
The products came from the New England Compounding Center or NECC. These are other products besides the injectable steroids that have been linked to the meningitis.
None of these other products have been linked to any illnesses.
Public health officials have notified each facility in order to ensure that NECC products have been removed from their inventory and to discuss the process for contacting their patients.
The recalls of these other NECC products are based on an abundance of caution. The types of procedures where they could have been used include, but are not limited to, epidurals, joint injections, eye surgeries, and heart surgeries.
“Alabama health care facilities have had very limited exposure to NECC products, but individuals who have had certain medical procedures using these specific products are being notified,” said Dr. Donald Williamson of the Alabama Department of Public Health. “If you have had adverse reactions, contact your health care provider.”
Nineteen Alabama residents have received contaminated NECC steroid products, but they got them from procedures administered in Tennessee and Florida.
Here's a list of Alabama facilities that received any kind of drugs from NECC:
Andalusia Regional Hospital, Andalusia
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston
Atmore Community Hospital, Atmore
Healthcare Authority for UAB Medical West, Bessemer
Alabama Pain Physicians, Birmingham
Baptist Medical Center-Princeton, Birmingham
Birmingham Surgery Center, Birmingham
Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham
Children’s Hospital, Birmingham
Ginsburg Dermatology Center, Birmingham
Montclair Dermatology, Birmingham
Premier Plastic Surgery Center-AL, Birmingham
Rousso Facial Plastic Surgery, Birmingham
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Birmingham
St. Vincent’s Hospital Outpatient Surgery, Birmingham
Trinity Medical Center, Birmingham
Veterans Medical Center-GALA, Birmingham
Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman
Parkway Medical Center, Decatur
Dothan Surgery Center, Dothan
Flowers Hospital, Dothan
Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan
Southeast Eye Clinic, Dothan
Surgery Center South, Dothan
Medical Center Enterprise, Enterprise
Gulf Health Hospital, Fairhope
South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, Foley
North Alabama Medical Center--Coffee Campus, Florence
DeKalb Regional Medical Center, Fort Payne
Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Gadsden
Marion Regional Medical Center, Hamilton
Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville
Alabama Outpatient Surgery Center, Jasper
Alabama Orthopaedic Clinic, PC, Mobile
Mobile Infirmary, Mobile
Mobile Surgery Center, Mobile
Springhill Medical Center-Cardio, Mobile
Central Alabama Pain Management Center, Montgomery
Jackson Hospital and Clinic, Montgomery
The Surgery Center, Oxford
Bigelow Cosmetic Surgery Center, Scottsboro
Vaughan Regional Medical Center, Selma
Lanier Health Services, Valley
Brookwood Dermatology, Vestavia Hills
