CardioQuip Modular Cooler-Heaters Increase Risk Of Infections During Heart Surgery, FDA Warns
The FDA warns that every heater-cooler system on the market has been linked to NTM infections, following reports linked to the CardioQuip MCH.…
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The FDA warns that every heater-cooler system on the market has been linked to NTM infections, following reports linked to the CardioQuip MCH.…
A new study challenges the belief that all catheter-associated urinary tract infections could be avoidable.…
The FDA is warning that fecal transplants can lead to the transmission of potentially deadly pathogens following reports of four hospitalizations and two deaths.…
Hospitals should use standard cleaning practices and infection control measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, according to the findings of a new study.…
Seattle Children’s Hospital faces lawsuits over mold infections which have sickened patients for years and has been linked to six deaths.…
An Indiana hospital has warned more than 1,100 patients that they may have been exposed to infectious diseases, such as HIV and Hepatitis, due to a failure to properly sterilize surgical tools.…
A new case study highlights the risk of transferring drug-resistant infections between fecal transplant donors and recipients.…
The New Jersey Supreme Court will consider consolidating dozens of infection lawsuits against a New Jersey surgery center before one state judge for pretrial proceedings involving claims that the center’s negligence exposed them to bloodborne diseases like HIV and Hepatitis.…
The FDA says current duodenoscope designs cannot be adequately cleaned, and are calling for hospitals to shift to designs that are disposable or have disposable components.…
Some medical experts are calling for duodenoscopes to be removed from the market, due to problems sterilizing them and the risk of patient infections.…