CDC Advises Hospitals to Alert Patients at Risk from Contaminated Heater-Cooler Devices Used During Cardiac Surgery [October 13, 2016, 13:00 ET (1:00 PM ET)]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  October 13, 2016, 13:00 ET (1:00 PM ET)
  
  CDCHAN-00397
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising hospitals to notify patients who underwent open-heart (open-chest) surgery involving a Stöckert 3T heater-cooler that the device was potentially contaminated, possibly putting patients at risk for a life threatening infection. New information indicates that these devices, manufactured by LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH), were likely contaminated with the rare bacteria Mycobacterium chimaera during manufacturing. Hospitals should advise potentially exposed patients to seek medical care if they are experiencing symptoms such as night sweats, muscle aches, unexplained weight loss, fatigue, or unexplained fever. In addition, hospitals that use or have used this device are strongly encouraged to make and execute a plan to communicate with potentially exposed patients and to increase awareness among healthcare providers.
  
  Final HAN 397_ Contaminated Heater Cooler Devices Used during Cardiac Surgery - 10 13 2016.pdf
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Cardiac Surgical Procedures Equipment Contamination Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Surgical Wound Infection
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 397
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Advisory
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  3 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  00397
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
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