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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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CDC — Contaminated heart surgery devices pose risk to thousands
CDC — Contaminated heart surgery devices pose risk to thousands
By By Karen Graham 21 hours ago in Health Heating-cooling system devices used in open-heart surgery across the nation may have been contaminated during the manufacturing process, say U.S. health officials, potentially putting thousands of patients at risk of serious or even fatal infections.The safety warning from the FDA came out on Thursday according to The Stockert 3T's are used to keep a patient's circulating blood and organs at a specific temperature during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures lasting six hours or less.The devices have water tanks that provide temperature-controlled water to external heat exchangers or warming/cooling blankets during surgical procedures through a closed circuit.
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More than half a million heart surgery patients at risk of a dangerous infection
More than half a million heart surgery patients at risk of a dangerous infection
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Heart surgery patients at risk for deadly infection, CDC warns
Heart surgery patients at risk for deadly infection, CDC warns
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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