
04/09/2025
🚨 Client & Public Safety Update 🚨
Emergency Response Training Ltd would like to share the following update from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) & MHRA:
The public are advised to stop using certain non-sterile alcohol-free wipes after they were found contaminated with Burkholderia stabilis.
❌ Affected products:
ValueAid Alcohol Free Cleansing Wipes
Microsafe Moist Wipe Alcohol Free
Steroplast Sterowipe Alcohol Free Cleansing Wipes
Reliwipe Alcohol Free Cleansing Wipes
👉 If you have these wipes in your home or workplace first aid kits, do not use them — dispose of them in your household waste.
👉 Only use wipes marked as “sterile” on broken skin, wounds, or where blood is visible.
Learn more and stay updated via https://www.gov.uk/government/news/public-advised-to-stop-using-certain-non-sterile-alcohol-free-wipes
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Due to risk of infection, non-sterile alcohol-free wipes are not appropriate for the treatment of injuries, wounds or on broken skin, nor for cleaning of intravenous lines.