89 Md. facilities bought drugs from firm linked to meningitis outbreak

More sterility problems found at New England Compounding Center

The FDA had released a list of medical facilities earlier this week, but took it down for accuracy reasons. The corrected list was released late Tuesday night. The regulatory agency said the list was taken from New England Compounding, so it might not be complete.

The list comes as regulators and investigators have raised more questions about issues at New England Compounding.

Massachusetts officials released a report this week that found the company released drugs before sterility tests came back, issued drugs without a prescription and, in general, did not follow proper sterilization guidelines.

A New England Compounding attorney said in a statement this week that it had a long-standing practice of working closely and cooperatively with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

"Based on that history, it is hard to imagine that the Board has not been fully apprised of both the manner and scale of the company's operations," the statement read. "NECC's transparency in dealing with the Board since inception in 1998 demonstrates its good-faith intention to operate in compliance with the requirements of its license. Furthermore, the company's intention and best efforts at compliance are equally applicable in every other state in which it has been licensed."

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Maryland facilities that received drugs from New England Compounding Center:

•Annapolis Surgery Center, 2629 Riva Road, Suite 106, Annapolis

•Anne Arundel Medical Center, 2001 Medical Parkway, Annapolis

•Atlantic General Hospital, 9733 Healthway Dr., Berlin

•Atlantic Plastic Surgery, 106 Milford St., Suite 305, Salisbury

•Baltimore Eye Surgical Center, 6231 N. Charles St., Baltimore

•Baltimore Pain Management, 9110 Philadelphia Road, Baltimore

•Baltimore Washington Medical Center, 301 Hospital Dr., Glen Burnie

•Berlin Interventional Pain Management, 10308 Old Ocean City Blvd.

•Box Hill Surgery Center, 100 Walther Ward Blvd., Abingdon

•Burton, Gary, M.D., 4000 Mitchellville Road, Suite 306, Bowie

•Calvert Memorial Hospital Pharmacy Department, Prince Frederick

•Carroll Hospital Center, 200 Memorial Ave., Westminster

•Center for Pain Management¿ Hagerstown, 1150 Professional Court

•Chesapeake Eye Surgery Center, 2002 Medical Parkway, Suite 330, Annapolis

•Chesapeake Otolaryngology Associates, 205 Steeple Chase Dr., Suite 303, Prince Frederick

•Chesapeake Plastic Surgery, 802 Bestgate Road, Suite A, Annapolis

•Chevy Chase Facial Plastic Surgery, 8401 Connecticut Ave., Suite 107, Chevy Chase

•Civista Medical Center, 5 Garret Ave., La Plata

•Cumberland Valley Surgery Center, 1110 Professional Court, Hagerstown

•Dimensions Surgery Center, 14999 Health Center Dr., Bowie

•Doctors Community Hospital, 8118 Good Luck Road, Lanham

•Dulaney Eye Institute, 901 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson

•Elman Retina Group, 9114 Philadelphia Road, Suite 310, Baltimore

•Eye Consultants of Maryland, 21 Crossroads Dr., Owings Mills

•Eye Surgery Center of White Marsh, 9512 Harford Road, Suite 5, Baltimore

•Family Foot & Ankle Associates of Md., 7900 Old Branch Ave., Suite 110, Clinton

•Forbes Ambulatory Surgery Center, 7501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 103, Lanham

•Fort Washington Hospital, 11711 Livingston Road, Fort Washington

•Frederick Memorial Hospital, 400 W. 7th St., Frederick

•Glaucoma Consultants, 6565 N. Charles St., Baltimore

•Good Samaritan Hospital¿Baltimore, 5601 Loch Raven Blvd., Baltimore

•Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 6701 N. Charles St. (5th-floor pharmacy), Baltimore

•Greenspring Surgery Center, 2700 Quarry Lake Dr., Suite 100, Baltimore

•Hanover Parkway Surgery Center, 7300 Hanover Dr., Suite 204, Greenbelt

•Harford County ASC LLC, 1952 Pulaski Highway, Edgewood

•Health Associates P.A., 2700 Quarry Lake Dr., Suite 200, Baltimore

•Holy Cross Hospital, 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring

•Katzen Eye Group, 1209 York Road, third floor, Lutherville

•Katzen Eye Group, 8201 Philadelphia Road, Rosedale

•Katzen Eye Group (Baltimore), 301 St. Paul Place, Baltimore

•Kevin R. Doring DDS, 3179 Braverton St., Suite 100, Edgewater

•Kevin Thomas DPM PC, 560 Riverside Dr., A¿101, Salisbury

•Laurel Regional Hospital, 7300 Van Dusen Road, Laurel

•Longevity Medical Spa LLC, 8600 Snowden River Parkway, Columbia

•Mercy Medical Center¿Md., 301 St. Paul Place, Baltimore

•Meritus Medical Center, 105 Enterprise Lane, Suite 3, Hagerstown

•Metropolitan Ophthalmology Associates, 5530 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1527, Chevy Chase

•Mid¿Atlantic Neurosurgical Assoc., Outpatient Infusion Services, Baltimore

•Mid¿Atlantic Surgery Pavillion, 1111 Beards Hill Road, Aberdeen

•Montgomery Surgery Center, 46 West Gude Dr., Rockville

•Northwest Hospital, 5401 Old Court Road, Randallstown