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PRO/EDR> Non-TB mycobacteria – USA (04): nosocomial, heater-coolers, CDC, FDA
Mycobacteria, non-TB -- United StatesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising hospitals to notify patients who underwent open-heart (open-chest) surgery involving a Stöckert 3T heater-cooler that the device was potentially contaminated, possibly putting patients at risk for a life threatening infection. New information indicates that these devices, manufactured by LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH), were likely contaminated with the rare bacteria _Mycobacterium Read more [...]
