Soda mixed with a disinfectant would have caused third-degree burns to about ten people in a medical analysis laboratory in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin). The patients had all come for testing between Friday and Saturday. They have been treated at the hospital and an investigation is under way to determine the circumstances of the incident.
Eleven people were treated for burns in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) after going for a blood test at a medical laboratory between Friday 5 and Saturday 6 October. Four patients have already lodged a complaint and an investigation has been opened, report Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace .
The hospitalized victims suffer from "third degree" lesions, said the hospital at 20 Minutes . The burns were caused by soda present in a disinfectant used by the offending laboratory.
The bottles immediately replaced
"It's a human error, manipulation. There was not the right product in the right bottle , explained the biologist pharmacist from the laboratory in Strasbourg. But it is the police investigation that can explain exactly what happened. "
The problem was discovered when a patient returned to the lab to seek medical advice on the pain she was experiencing. A black hematoma of several centimeters had formed at the site of the sting. The laboratory staff in Strasbourg said they had "replaced the bottles immediately" and made the necessary arrangements to contact "all the people concerned this weekend" .