SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE. THIS IS NEWS. 6 AT 09:00AM GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: AND THE LAST FEW
WEEKS BABY FORMULA HAS BEEN IN
THE HEADLINES. BIG RECALLS ALL
BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE ILLNESSES
IN BABIES AND THE RECALLS ARE
LINKED TO A MICHIGAN FACILITY
OWNED BY ABBOTT. NUTRITION AND
INCLUDE SOME TYPES OF SIMILAC
ALIMENTUM AND ELECARE
FORMULAS. SO WHAT ARE SOME
THINGS YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT
FOR? MORNING ANCHOR AND HEALTH
REPORTER KIRSTIN O’CONNOR IS
STANDING BY NOW TO ASK A
DOCTOR.
>> ASK A DOCTOR IS SPONSORED
BY CAN BE PRIMARY CARE
>> THAT’S RIGHT, LADIES. THIS
RECALL HAPPENED AFTER AT LEAST
4 INFANTS WERE HOSPITALIZED.
ONE OF THEM DIED FROM A
POSSIBLE INFECTION WITH THE
BACTERIA THAT MAY BE IN THAT
POWDERED FORMULA.
>> AND OF COURSE, SOME PARENTS
ARE CONCERNED HEARING, NOT
ESPECIALLY AS SOME OF THESE
FORMULAS, OUR FUR BABIES WITH
OTHER INTOLERANCE IS. SO
DOCTOR, JENNA WHEELER, A
PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE
PHYSICIAN FROM ORLANDO HEALTH,
ARNOLD PALMER, HOSPITAL FOR
CHILDREN IS HERE NOW. AND
DOCTOR, REALLY, WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT THESE AFFECTED FORMULAS.
WE’LL PUT THEM UP ON THE
SCREENS THAT YOU CAN SEE AND
MAYBE WRITE THEM DOWN. IF YOU
HAVE A PEN AND PAPER READY,
THIS IS SIMILAC SIMILAC PM 60
40. THAT’S THE NEWEST ONE THAT
WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS WEEK.
ALIMENTUM AND ELECARE FORMULAS
WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA
RIGHT THERE AGAIN ON YOUR
SCREEN. THE FIRST 2 DIGITS OF
THE CODE ARE 22 THROUGH. 37
THE CODE ON THE CONTAINER
CONTAINS K 8 S H OR Z 2 IN THE
THE CODE ON THE CONTAINER
CONTAINS K 8 S H OR Z 2 IN THE free nicotine patches EXPIRATION DATE IS FOR ONE
2022 OR APRIL OF 2022. OR
LATER. SO AGAIN, DOCTOR JENNA
WHEELER IS HERE WITH US. WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS
BECAUSE THIS HAS MADE ITS WAY
TO FLORIDA.
>> IT WE FOUND THAT THERE’S
PEDIATRICIANS OFFICES THAT
HAVE SAMPLES. IT’S MADE ITS
WAY INTO THE HOSPITALS.
OBVIOUSLY, PEOPLE ARE CHECKING
VERY CLOSELY VERY CAREFULLY.
IT’S BEEN PULLED FROM FROM THE
SHELVES IS NOT BEING GIVEN OUT
TO PATIENTS, BUT IT CERTAINLY
IS A RISK. AND WHEN WE HEARD
ABOUT IT BEING UP NORTH IN THE
BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, IS
DEVASTATING UP THERE. BUT WE
WERE ALL HAPPY THAT WE’RE DOWN
HERE IN THE BUT IT REALLY HAS
MADE ITS WAY ALL OVER NOW. AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE
ON FORMULA. I’M REALLY MAY BE
STRESSING ABOUT BECAUSE IT’S
DIFFICULT TO MAKE A CHANGE IF
YOUR CHILD IS ON FORMULA.
>> JULIE: THAT’S THEIR MAIN
SOURCE OF NUTRITION. AND THEN
MAKING THAT CHANGE CAN AFFECT.
THE REST OF THEIR BODY. OF
COURSE, IT’S TERRIFYING,
ESPECIALLY IN THE LITTLE IN
FENCE. THAT’S ALL THE
NUTRITION THEY DON’T HAVE ANY
SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD THERE.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY EAT. IT
IS THE FORMULA. AND SO FOR
PARENTS, TOO. FIND OUT THIS
INFORMATION TO HAVE TO GO AND
GET NEW FORMULA IN DIFFERENT
BRANDS AND THEN ALSO BE
MONITORING THEIR CHILDREN FOR
SYMPTOMS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING
SURE THEY DON’T HAVE ANY G I
UPSET ANY, YOU KNOW, STOMACH
ACHES OR THINGS LIKE THAT FROM
SWITCHING ITS. IT BRINGS A LOT
OF STRESS TO THE WHOLE
SITUATION WHAT ARE SOME
SYMPTOMS THAT YOU THINK THAT
PARENTS SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR? IF LET’S SAY THEY
ALREADY USED ONE OF THESE
FORMULAS AND THEY’RE JUST
FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS A
LITTLE BIT LATE. SO THE BIG
THINGS TO LOOK FOR WHEN WHEN
KIDS, ESPECIALLY INFANTS ARE
EXPOSED TO A BACTERIA, IS THE
RISK THAT THE BACTERIA GETS
INTO THEIR BLOODSTREAM. AND
WHEN IT GETS INTO THE
BLOODSTREAM, IT CAN GO INTO
THEIR THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEM AND
INTO THE BRAINS. SO THE THINGS
THAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR ARE
THINGS LIKE YOUR CHILD BE MORE
SLEEPY THAN USUAL. THE NOT
FEEDING AS WELL. THEN BEING
MORE FUSSY UNFUSSY IN A WAY
THAT YOU CAN’T CONSOLE THEM AS
YOU USUALLY WOULD NORMALLY BE
ABLE TO. ALSO IN, YOU KNOW, AS
THINGS GET WORSE AND IN RARE
AFFECTS THINGS LIKE SEIZURES,
ABNORMAL MOVEMENTS. THESE ARE
ALL THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD BE
SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR
AT THE LOCAL HOSPITALS OR FOR
THE MORE SUBTLE SYMPTOMS, CALL
PEDIATRICIAN AND HAVING THEIR
INFANT CHECKED.
>> AND WHAT ARE SOME QUESTIONS
YOU THINK THAT PARENTS SHOULD
ASK THEIR PEDIATRICIANS? I
KNOW WHENEVER I SEE MY
PEDIATRICIAN FOR MY DAUGHTER,
I HAVE ABOUT LIST OF 10 POOR
GUY. HE HAS SO MANY QUESTIONS
FOR ME. BUT REALLY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. IF
YOU ARE WORRIED AS A PARENT.
SURE, I I THINK THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING TO
LOOK AT IS
>> JULIE: WAS YOUR CHILD
EXPOSED WAS THAT ONE OF THE
FORMULAS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU
HAD IN YOUR COVER THAT YOU ARE
USING AND IF IT’S NOT, THEN
THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY EVIDENCE
THAT THE OTHER FORMULA ISN’T
PERFECTLY SAFE. ARE YOUR
INFANT IF YOUR CHILD WAS
EXPOSED WITH THIS, YOU KNOW,
THE FIRST THING IS TO STOP
USING THAT TO TALK TO YOUR
PEDIATRICIAN, JUST TO HAVE
YOUR CHILD CHECK TO BE
WATCHING YOUR CHILD CLOSELY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY CAREGIVERS
THAT YOU MONITOR YOUR CHILD
THROUGH THE DAY OR THE EVENING
WHILE YOU’RE AT WORK OR A WAY
TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY
SHOULD JUST BE MONITORING AS
WELL. IT’S NO REASON FOR
PANIC, BUT DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT MORE JUST MAKE SURE
THEY’RE DOING WELL. AND I KNOW
SOME PARENTS STOCK UP ON THIS
TYPE OF FORMULA SPECIALLY IF
THEIR CHILD HAS OTHER
INTOLERANCE IS AND THEY NEED A
VERY SPECIFIC BRAND.
>> JULIE: WHAT DO YOU THINK IF
THEY’RE LOOKING AT THEIR
CABINETS AND SAYING I DON’T
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I MEAN,
WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO
IN THAT MOMENT? DID THEY NEED
TO JUST TRY TO MAKE A SWITCH
TO ANOTHER SAMPLE OR AS A MOM
WHO HAS A BABY WHO JUST
SWITCHED OVER TO COW’S MILK.
OF COURSE, THAT’S ANOTHER
QUESTION THEY’RE GOING TO YOU
INFANTS WHO ARE YOUNGER IT.
THEY REALLY UNDER A YEAR OF
AGE SHOULDN’T BE SWITCHED
DIRECTLY TO COW’S MILK.
OBVIOUSLY, YOUR CHILD, YOU
KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OLDER, BUT
THE THING TO REMEMBER IS IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THOSE INFANTS TO
HAVE FORMULA TO STOP USING
WHAT YOU HAVE IMMEDIATELY TOO.
>> JULIE: BE ABLE TO GO AND
BUY FORMULA OF A DIFFERENT
BRAND. AND IF THAT’S SOMETHING
THAT YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO DO, IF
YOU DON’T HAVE THE MEANS TO DO
TO BE, YOU KNOW, CALLING YOUR
LOCAL LAKE OFFICE TO CALL YOUR
PEDIATRICIAN, PLACES WHERE YOU
CAN GET SAMPLES OF OTHER
FORMULAS. YOU KNOW, THE
BIGGEST THING TO REMEMBER IS,
YOU KNOW, IT’S AN INVESTMENT
IN FORMULA AND WHILE IT MIGHT
BE TEMPTING TO USE WHAT YOU
HAVE, BECAUSE THAT’S ALL YOU
HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE’S
RESOURCES, HOSPITALS,
PEDIATRICIANS, OFFICES, PLACES
THAT CAN HELP YOU MAKE SURE
THAT YOU HAVE A SAY FORMULA
FOR YOUR CHILD’S SAFETY FIRST.