60 Minutes Kimberly Clark Halyard Microcool Scandal Exposed

Halyard CEO was speechless by Anderson Cooper's questioning.

Caught misrepresenting data.

Discuss.

 

It was the COO. This is what they posted so far:

http://www.halyardhealth.com/about-us/news/2016/april/halyard-health-responds-to-60-minutes-story-promotion.aspx

04/29/2016

Halyard Health Responds to 60 Minutes Story Promotion
Halyard Health is aware that the CBS News program 60 Minutes will air a segment on Sunday, May 1 featuring the company. Chris Lowery, Halyard Health’s Chief Operating Officer, was interviewed on camera and will appear in the piece. The primary focus of the story is the MICROCOOL gown and the litigation that was filed prior to Halyard Health’s spin-off from Kimberly-Clark in 2014. The company disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit and engaged with 60 Minutes to express confidence in the safety and efficacy of the MICROCOOL gown.

MICROCOOL gowns have a remarkable safety record. Since they were introduced in 2010, the company has sold more than 58 million gowns and received less than 1 complaint of a strikethrough per million gowns sold. There has never been a single reported case of an individual becoming infected due to a defect in one of Halyard Health’s gowns. The MICROCOOL gowns are and always have been safe and effective.

Following the segment, a more detailed response will be posted on www.halyardhealth.com on Monday, May 2.

 

It was painful to watch Lowery try to spin this situation. I don't think I have ever seen an executive stop an interview in the midst of getting difficult questions. It made him seem very untrustworthy. Beyond that, he gave answers that were horrible. For example, he said a surgeon couldn't get an infection from strike through unless they had an exposed cut. OMG, is that supposed to make a surgeon who has blood all over their arms and chest feel any better. Lastly, Lowery demonstrated faulty logic when he said "yes, our gowns have failed safety testing, but we get very few complaints about our gowns". What kind of answer is that? Shouldn't a company fix safety flaws regardless of customer complaints?

 

Halyard knew there was a problem and had a voluntary recall. Had the product returned then mistakingly sent it out again. This happened in the northeast. They would say it was like a bag of greasy donuts.

 

Here's the Hospital. The Dr's have pictures as proof.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-05-02/story/uf-health-jacksonville-manufacturer-replaced-defective-surgical-gowns

 

They absolutely knew the MC gowns were having strike through. There is not even a question in any employees mind. lets talk integra seal another safe product.