Massachusetts medical center notifies cardiac surgery patients of potential infection risk
Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts plans on notifying 1,500 to 1,800 cardiac surgery patients of a potential infection risk associated with the Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices, MassLive reports.
In October, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that some Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices used during open-heart surgery may have been contaminated and that patients may be at risk for life-threatening infections.
According to MassLive, the Stöckert 3T is long her used during open-heart surgeries at Baystate Medical Center. Aaron Kugelmass, vice president and medical director of the center's heart and vascular program and chief of cardiology, said that he was unaware of any patient at Baystate Medical Center who developed a nontuberculous mycobacteria infection after receiving the Stöckert 3T.
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