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6 LI nursing homes part of blood infection probe, NY health officials say
6 LI nursing homes part of blood infection probe, NY health officials say
HIGHLIGHTS One patient's death being analyzed in investigationContaminated intravenous products suspected as causeNearly three dozen patients at nursing homes statewide may have developed bloodstream infections from contaminated intravenous products purchased by 54 facilities — six of them on Long Island, according to a New York Department of Health investigation.One patient's death is being analyzed as part of the probe, but "the cause of death has not been determined and we cannot say the infection caused the death," James Plastiras, a spokesman for the health department said in an email Wednesday.He did not say where in New York the death occurred.
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Maryland health officials investigating possible link between saline flush and blood infection
Maryland health officials investigating possible link between saline flush and blood infection
Maryland health officials are warning healthcare facilities, providers and others not to use the Nurse Assist brand of pre-filled saline flushes as they investigate a possible link to bloodstream infections, including 11 cases in Maryland.The state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recommends that any use of Nurse Assist prepackaged, three, five and 10 milliliter syringes of saline flush be immediately discontinued and isolated until further notice.Texas-based Nurse Assist Inc. told health officials from several states Tuesday that it would issue a voluntary recall on the saline flush because they may be spreading Burkholderia cepacia bloodstream infections.
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Two cases of blood infection found in Bergen County long-term care facilities
Two cases of blood infection found in Bergen County long-term care facilities
State health officials are investigating an outbreak of a bloodstream infection involving patients in long-term care facilities who have an intravenous line that has been flushed with a pre-filled syringe of saline solution.Clusters have been found in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and so far two cases have been identified in New Jersey — both in Bergen County.The specific facilities were not identified.
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