The "Manguera De La Muerte": the Technical Flaw that Triggered the Tragedy of Fentanyl
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Justice would have established the exact moment when the contamination occurred, and the technicians and owners of HLB Pharma knew about it, but they still decided to continue producing the drug.
The judicial expert found that the ruling occurred in the final stage of production, but the plant would have continued with the filling of more lots.
The disconnection of a hose of just three millimetres for less than five seconds at the production plant of the laboratory Ramallo would have been the trigger of massive contamination of fentanyl batches. According to the judicial hypothesis, this minimal incident would have allowed the bacteria to enter the circuit of injectable drugs that were then distributed to various hospitals. Research confirms that, as a result of this supply, 90 people …
A disconnect of seconds would have broken the sterility conditions. Justice also analyzes whether the security protocols were ignored.
A disconnection of just three millimetres for less than five seconds appears as one of the keys to explain how the contamination of fentanyl batches linked to 90 deaths and 44 other seriously affected patients would have occurred. The hypothesis arises from the judicial investigation into the production carried out in the laboratory Ramallo, belonging to HLB Pharma. According to the information known in the last hours, the episode would have occ…
A disconnection of just three millimetres into a hose for less than five seconds in the laboratory plant Ramallo appears as the point of origin of the massive contamination of fentanyl batches, according to the prosecution's main hypothesis that investigates the case that resulted in 90 deaths and 44 affected in different provinces. The incident would have occurred in the sector where the powdered drug dissolves in sterilized water before packag…
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