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Reports say Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management division recently announced a U.S. voluntary nationwide recall of some alcohol prep products, such as pads, wipes, and swabs over concerns about potential microbial contamination. The contamination by possible Bacillus cereus could lead to life-threatening infections, especially in at-risk people such as immune suppressed and surgical patients. Smith & Nephew announced the halt of all shipments of IV PREP Antiseptic Wipes manufactured by The Triad Group and is advising all customers and…

According to reports, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved a regulation that requires operators of older US-registered Boeing 737s to install new warning systems within three years that will warn pilots of pressurization problems onboard. The warning systems are in response to a 2005 crash of a Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 that was flying from Cypress to Greece. That crash occurred when the aircraft had climbed to its cruising level without automatic cabin pressurization. Without the cabin pressurized the human…

A freak accident in Bellevue, Iowa left one dead and 23 others injured when two runaway horses pulling a wagon trampled spectators at a small-town Fourth of July parade, reports say.   The horses became spooked and bolted after they tangled with each other. At that point, one of the horses lost its bridle, reports say. The horses then galloped for several blocks with the wagon, trampling some and crashing into others. In addition, the wagon flipped and its two…

A 28-year-old Male was stabbed just outside a Houston nightclub, then chased into the parking lot, where the assailant stabbed him again numerous times. The incident, which reportedly occurred outside Blur Nightclub in the Montrose neighborhood, was evidently not a robbery or a hate crime. Police reportedly believe it might be a crime of passion. What happened inside the club is not yet known – or has not been reported, at any rate. But Aaron Scheerhorn got involved in an…

A three-year-old boy lost a finger recently following an accident on a Macy’s escalator, reports say. Even though doctors tried desperately to save the finger, it was eventually amputated. The boy, Maxlee Gell-Tejada, of Washington Heights, had been trying to retrieve a bottle he had dropped when his finger became caught in a third floor wooden escalator at the Macy’s in Herald Square, reports say. The finger was amputated shortly afterward.   Gell-Tejada is reportedly the latest in a long…