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NSHA warns about low infection risk regarding heart surgeries in NS - Halifax
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The Nova Scotia Health Authority is warning patients of a low risk of infection associated with heart surgeries over the past four years.READ MORE: Open-heart surgery patients at Montreal Heart Institute could suffer infectionsDevices used to heat and cool blood during heart surgeries within the NSHA and the IWK Health Centre have been linked to a rare bacterial infection in other parts of the country caused by Mycobacterium chimaera, also known as non-tuberculous mycobacteria.No cases have been reported in Nova Scotia, but those exposed to the devices will be receiving letters for further information.
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Thousands may have been exposed to rare infection during heart surgery in Halifax
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More than 4,000 Atlantic Canadians who underwent heart surgery at two Halifax hospitals are being warned they may have been exposed to a rare bacterial infection from contaminated medical equipment.The province's two health authorities said Monday the QEII Health Sciences Centre and the IWK Health Centre have found a link between a device used to heat and cool blood during cardiac surgeries to a bacterial infection caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria or NTM.It's possible the equipment was exposed to the bacteria during manufacturing, the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre said in a joint news release.
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Officials warn Alberta heart surgery patients of possible infection
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The Canadian PressEDMONTON -- Alberta Health Services is notifying about 11,500 patients that they may have been exposed to an infection during open-heart surgery.Officials say Health Canada has reported that a device used to heat and cool blood during surgery has been linked to mycobacteria.Alberta Health Services says it has used the device at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, as well as at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute and the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton.
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