Angier Company Named In Infected Syringe Lawsuit
A leukemia patient from Illinois has filed a lawsuit against an Angier-based company.Katie Abrams, 30, of Buffalo Grove was hospitalized for nine days after using heparin-filled syringes made by Angier company Sierra Pre-Filled. The bacteria Serratia marcescens has been found in a single batch of the pre-filled syringes and is linked to 40 people becoming ill after taking the heparin, including Ms. Abrams.
She became ill with “uncontrollable shaking, vomiting and a fever the reached as high as 105.5 degrees Fahrenheit,” according to the lawsuit.
Dushyant Patel, president of Sierra Pre-Filled, said last week the bacte