# WELCON/ACCORDE MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1038`
- **Case Number:** 01-1999-0049
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $80K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $60K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WELCON/ACCORDE MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

WELCON WAS PRODUCING/DISTRIBUTING  POLE BAGS  USED TO      STORE MEDICAL SYRINGES BETWEEN USES, WHICH WERE MAKING       ANTI-MICROBIAL CLAIMS DIRECTLY ON BAGS. CLAIMS WERE          MISLEADING IN THAT 1) PRODUCTS NOT REGISTERED AS PESTICIDES  SO EFFICACY DATA NOT REVIEWED, AND 2) CLAIMS COULD LEAD      USER TO  BELEIVE THAT BAGS IMPART ANTI-MICROBIAL SAFEGUARDS  TO DEVICES STORED. BAGS SOLD PRIMARILY TO NURSING HOMES.

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