UPDATED: DermaRite Industries issues voluntary nationwide recall
By HME News Staff
Updated 8:34 AM CDT, Tue September 16, 2025
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. – DermaRite Industries is expanding its voluntarily nationwide recall to additional products and lots due to microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepecia, which can result in serious and life-threatening infections.
For a list of the now 32 affected products, which were distributed nationwide in the United States and Puerto Rico, go here.
"We recognize the impact this situation may have caused and sincerely regret any inconvenience,” the company stated on its website on Sept. 8. “Restoring full product availability is our highest priority. Our actions reflect our dedication to acting quickly, transparently, and responsibly, so that we can maintain the highest standards of care. We will continue to provide further updates as additional information becomes available. We greatly appreciate your cooperation, patience, and trust as we work through this process together.”
DermaRite says Burkholderia cepacia complex in these products may result in serious and life-threatening infections if the products are used by immunosuppressed individuals or by people attending to immunosuppressed individuals. For healthy individuals with minor skin lesions, the use of the product may result in local infections; in immunocompromised individuals, it may result in the infection spreading into the blood stream, potentially leading to life-threatening sepsis.
The company says its wound care and nutritional products are not part of the voluntary recall and remain available for continued use.
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