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After CDC warning, area hospitals say heart surgery is safe
After CDC warning, area hospitals say heart surgery is safe
Federal officials warn about infection linked to open-heart surgery deviceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (Photo: CDC)Area hospitals are taking steps to assure the public that their procedures are safe after a federal health warning linked a common piece of equipment used during open-heart surgery with a potentially fatal infection.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday issued the warning about the risk of contracting a life-threatening Mycobacterium chimaera infection from a heater-cooler device that keeps blood and organs at a set temperature during heart surgery.The device, the LivaNova, formerly Sorin, 3T heater-cooler, may have been contaminated during manufacture, according to a CDC investigation which revealed infected patients in several states, some who died.
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Syracuse hospital disinfects open heart surgery device linked to infections
Syracuse hospital disinfects open heart surgery device linked to infections
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center is disinfecting a device used during open heart surgery after the federal government warned that some of the devices may be contaminated, putting patients at risk of infection.The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said heater-cooler devices used in more than 250,000 open heart surgeries in the U.S. annually may have been contaminated during manufacturing.The devices help keep a patient's circulating blood and organs at a specific temperature during the operation.
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More than half a MILLION heart surgery patients 'exposed to deadly infection from contaminated tools'
More than half a MILLION heart surgery patients 'exposed to deadly infection from contaminated tools'
More than half a million heart surgery patients may have contracted a deadly infection from contaminated machinery in the operating room.Four people have died and 28 infections have been confirmed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told doctors and hospitals on Thursday.But officials are warning that the crisis could be more widespread than first thought.
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Deadly bacteria could be lurking in millions of heart surgery patients
Deadly bacteria could be lurking in millions of heart surgery patients
The devices are thought to have been contaminated during the manufacturing process in GermanyThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a stark warning to millions of people who underwent heart surgery since 2011.According to health experts at the CDC, a device commonly used during heart surgery to regulate the temperature of the blood during the operation, could have been infected by a deadly bacteria known as Mycobacterium chimaera.The contamination is thought to have happened during the manufacturing of the devices.
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