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Washington State Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are encouraging residents to stop using EzriCare^TM Artificial Tears because they have been associated with infections that are resistant to antibiotics. Washington and 10 other states have reported a total of 50 cases of this specific bacterial infection that has caused multiple hospitalizations, vision loss, and the death of one person from a blood infection. Symptoms of an eye infection include pain, swelling, discharge, redness, blurry vision, sensitivity to light and the feeling of a foreign object in the eye. If you have concerns or are experiencing symptoms, contact your medical provider immediately.

See the full press release from the Washington State Department of Health.