Medication Recall Advisory

TO:	DDS Regional Directors, STS Director, CTH Coordinators, Private Providers, CO Quality Management Personnel
FROM:	Daniel A. Micari, Quality Management Services
DATE:	December 30, 2009
RE:	MEDICATION RECALL ADVISORY: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posts expanded Tylenol recall

Medication Recall Advisory

This Medication Recall Advisory is to advise that the US FDA is informing consumers that it is expanding a voluntary recall to include all available product lots of TYLENOL Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bottles, with the distinctive red EZ-OPEN CAP.

See the attached news release regarding the FDA recall .

http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=445&z=43

Please ensure those responsible for medication acquisition and storage are aware of this safety alert. Also review your medication supplies to determine whether or not the identified products are present. If the identified products are present, address appropriately.