HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -
State Health Officer Don Williamson said 19 Alabamians were injected with the steroid medicine from a specialty pharmacy, New England Compounding Center, linked to a meningitis outbreak.
Williamson said the 19 lived near the Tennessee and Florida state lines and received the injections in those states.
The Alabama Department of Public Health said 12 of those residents have been contacted and do not have meningitis symptoms.
The ADPH is working to contact the other six residents. They said it is likely there are other Alabamians who received the contaminated product as well.
One Alabamian who received an injection in Florida died within the last month, and officials are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death.
The injections could have been used in joint shots, epidurals, or heart and eye surgeries.
NECC has recalled all its other products as a precaution.
NECC products went to 44 health care facilities in Alabama, but there is no sign of contamination in those products.
Only one facility so far in North Alabama confirmed they received products from the company, Parkway Medical Center in Decatur. They pulled the products off the shelves before any were used.
Health care providers who may have used any products from NECC are recommended to contact patients who may have received injections after May 21, 2012.
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