Recall notice on piercing after-care solution
Carmarthenshire County Council’s Environmental Health and Trading Standards team is urging anyone who has recently had a body piercing to check the after-care solution they may have been provided, following an outbreak of pseudomonas infection in other parts of the UK. The team has issued a product safety alert to all businesses licensed to carry out body piercing in Carmarthenshire, asking them to check their stock of after care products for those manufactured by Lion Care Products Ltd, trading as Body Art Supplies. The alert notice is specifically for a saline solution supplied by this manufacturer in 100ml spray bottles, which has been distributed across the UK and available online. Pseudomonas is a bacterial infection which can lead to tissue damage or septic shock. Whilst no infections have been reported or identified in Carmarthenshire, 24 people - mainly in the Northampton and Reigate area - have required treatment for pseudomonas, including seven who have required surgery. It...