Decisive actions of Tennessee health officials

The meningitis outbreak caused by tainted epidural steroid injections could have been prevented. But since the FDA didn’t utilize its power for this purpose properly, more than 500 individuals were contaminated with this illness and 39 recipients of the steroids died.
Tennessee officials showed unbelievable competence under these circumstances. They were praised by legislators for their decisive actions.
It was announced that a lot of persons who had received steroid injections produced by the NECC experienced complications. When Tennessee health officials found out about this situation, they enforced all health facilities to stop using products produced by the pharmacy from Massachusetts. Moreover, they informed immediately about contamination health officials of other states. Actions of Tennessee health officials were quick and definite. They acted rapidly and did everything in order to prevent further contamination and improve conditions of those that sickened.
If Tennessee health officials hadn’t acted so rapidly and competently, more individuals would have been contaminated with fungal meningitis and more deaths would have occurred.
As for the FDA, it showed incompetence. It didn’t utilize its power decisively in order to improve the situation. Then it tried to justify its negligence, noting that its power was not cleared and established enough to influence on such large-scale compounding pharmacies, as the NECC. However, the FDA’s excuse was not accepted.
Tennessee health officials deserve to obtain a gold medal for their efforts.
However some persons suppose that they could avoid contamination, warnings about risks still exist. A lot of individuals are still hospitalized. Others are contracted by health officials. If any side effects occur at injection sites of those who have used the tainted steroids, they must inform doctors immediately.