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Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk

Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning healthcare providers and patients about the potential risk of infection from certain devices used during open heart surgery.Patients who have had open heart surgery should seek medical care if they are experiencing symptoms associated with infections, such as night sweats, muscle aches, weight loss, fatigue, or unexplained fever.This advice follows new information indicating that some LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH) Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices, used during many of these surgeries, might have been contaminated during manufacturing which could put patients at risk for life-threatening infections.


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Heart Surgery Patients at Risk for Deadly Infection, CDC Warns

Heart Surgery Patients at Risk for Deadly Infection, CDC Warns

(CNN) — Patients who have undergone open heart surgeries since 2012 may be at risk of a life-threatening infection linked to a medical device used during their operations, health officials warned Thursday.Patients who have had valve implants or prosthetic product implants are at higher risk of infection with a bacterial species of nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Based on the number of surgeries conducted over the past four years, an estimated 600,000 patients are at risk for a potential infection.


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Device Used In Heart Surgery May Cause Infections In Thousands Of Patients

Device Used In Heart Surgery May Cause Infections In Thousands Of Patients

Federal officials warn that over five hundred thousand patients who had open-heart surgery in the United States from 2012 onwards could contract a deadly bacterial infection associated with a device used in the operations.This year alone, 28 cases have been identified across Iowa, Michigan and Pennsylvania.These infections are rare, but they may cause severe illnesses and at worst, death.

Device Used In Heart Surgery May Cause Infections In Thousands Of Patients