3T Heater-Cooler System Infections Found In 12 New Orleans Children’s Hospital Patients
A contaminated 3T Heater Cooler system is being blamed for a dozen infections suffered by heart patients at a children’s hospital in New Orleans.…
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A contaminated 3T Heater Cooler system is being blamed for a dozen infections suffered by heart patients at a children’s hospital in New Orleans.…
Reports of serious nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) infections following heart bypass and other surgical procedures may be linked to the use of the Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler system. Many of these surgical devices may release contaminants into the sterile air of the operating room, resulting in hard-to-treat and life-threatening infections like M. chimeara and M. abscessus.…
Hospitalization from pneumonia or sepsis appears to increase the risk of heart disease, according to the findings of a new study.…
After developing a heart surgery infection following exposure to a Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed by the family of a Pennsylvania man.…
At least 41 people contracted septic arthritis after receiving injections at a New Jersey clinic which investigators say was not following proper medical procedures to prevent infections.…
A contaminated 3T Heater-Cooler, which was used to control blood temperature during open heart surgery, caused a Florida man to develop a severe M. Abscessus infection following the procedure.…
Olympus has been ordered to pay $6.6 million to a Washington state hospital where a deadly superbug outbreak took place due to problems with the company’s duodenoscopes. The decision includes a $1 million payment to the family of a man who died of a CRE infection.…
Fujifilm has recalled one of its duodenoscopes to update certain parts and its operating manual to allow better cleaning to prevent the spread of “superbug” infections that resist antibiotic treatment, which have been linked to these types of devices.…
A contaminated heart surgery heater-cooler used during a procedure to implant a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) allegedly caused an Iowa man to develop a serious and difficult to treat infection, according to a recent product liability lawsuit. Similar infections have been reported at hospitals nationwide among heart surgery patients.…
WHO has set sepsis prevention and education as a global health priority, noting that many people worldwide are unfamiliar with the potentially deadly infections.…