You Might Want to Get That Checked Out ... Again

There was bad news in 2002 for anybody who had recently taken a gonorrhea test. (Well, more bad news.) Pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories Inc. recalled about 750,000 test kits believed to give false negative results. The FDA recommended that anyone who had tested negative over a period of nearly six months ask their doctor whether they should be tested a second time. The mishap carried serious potential health consequences: the disease can lead to sterility in women if left untreated. At least Abbott gave customers a refund.

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在2002年接受淋病检测的每个人都得到了不好的消息（至少是大多数是坏消息）。制药巨头雅培公司召回了被认定产生错误结果的大约750000套检测设备。药监局建议在过去六个月被检测出坏结果的人们应当向他们的医生询问是否要进行第二次检查。这个小事故造成了严重的健康问题：如果不及时诊断疾病可能会导致不孕不育。至少雅培公司给予了消费者赔偿。