HSE ordered almost 7.5 million euros in defective disinfectant

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The HSE has confirmed that it had ordered almost 7.5 million euros of the faulty hand sanitizer that has been recalled.

In response to inquiries from RTÉ News, HSE confirmed that it had ordered almost 3.8 million units of the ViraPro product, but had only received 3.1 million bottles of the disinfectant to date.

Since issuing its recall notice on Friday, the HSE has received 146 requests for replacement products that it said have been “delivered.”

He said that he has not been notified of any harmful effects from the use of the product and has advised all health centers to stop using the product with immediate effect.

He said ViraPro disinfectant accounts for less than 10% of HSE stocks and has “ample” supplies in stock to replace it.

Previously, the Minister of Agriculture said that the Government should have communicated the problem with the ViraPro hand sanitizer when it was notified by the Treasury last week.

Speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics, Charlie McConalogue said he didn’t learn of the issue until Thursday night, but said his department should have made sure everyone was publicly notified at the same time after they were notified about the problems on Friday. October 16.

He said it was the company that had the legal responsibility to issue the recall notice, but the department acted when it said it was clear that the company “was not complying.”

The minister said everyone was doing “the best they could” to deal with the problem, but said he had sought a full review of the handling of the incident and why he was not informed about the issue earlier.

He said lessons must be learned from what happened.

The department said ViraPro PCS 100409 was withdrawn from the market because prolonged use “can cause dermatitis, eye irritation, upper respiratory irritation and headaches.”

Minister McConalogue also said the government will continue to provide ongoing support and work closely with schools, but did not commit to provide any additional support after the midterm recess.

Yesterday, the Executive of the Health Service confirmed that he received more than three million units of ViraPro products.

It said it has already distributed more than one million ViraPro units to healthcare service locations across the country, while the other two million units have now been quarantined.

The HSE said it had mobilized a recall team to establish how much product needs to be removed and replaced.

The HSE CEO said about a million units of the disinfectant or about 7% to 8% of the total disinfectant product were being recalled.

Paul Reid said today that an alternate line has been secured.

The Sinn Féin justice spokesperson has said that while it was not the government’s fault that the ViraPro hand sanitizer was defective, it should have acted earlier to recall the product.

Speaking about the same program, Martin Kenny said department officials knew well before the recall was issued and that the minister should have been alerted earlier.

He said that “it was a serious problem that reflects many serious problems” that this government has faced.

“It’s a total disaster and the minister needs to control this,” Kenny said.

People Before Earnings TD Bríd Smith said she was very concerned about what is happening in schools now.

She said that even though people hear evidence of low transmission, there are still hundreds of vulnerable teachers on the front lines going to work in schools.

Ms Smith said that Ireland has some of the highest class sizes in Europe, and schools have not been given adequate resources to reflect this, in terms of teacher numbers and SNAs, or distancing in classrooms, let alone a suitable hand sanitizer.

He said that from a health and safety point of view, the situation in the schools “was not satisfactory”.



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