Hospital-Related Infection, Mycobacteria, non-TB — Canada
More than 4000 Atlantic Canadians who underwent heart surgery at 2 Halifax [Nova Scotia] hospitals are being warned they may have been exposed to a rare bacterial infection from contaminated medical equipment. The province’s 2 health authorities said [Mon 28 Nov 2016] the QEII [Queen Elizabeth II] Health Sciences Centre and the IWK Health Centre have found a link between a device used to heat and cool blood during cardiac surgeries to a bacterial infection caused by non-tuberculous
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