Contaminant found in heparin identified (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 03/19/2008 - 11:22am

AP - U.S. health officials have identified a contaminant in batches of the blood thinner heparin associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug.



 

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