The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC issued a warning Thursday to all healthcare providers and patients about a potential risk of infection from certain devices used for heart bypass procedures.
The warning comes after information that indicated some LivaNova PLC Stöckert 3T heater-cooler devices could have been contaminated while being manufactured and cause life-threatening infections.
Nearly 60% of all heart bypass procedures in the U.S. use the devices linked to these infections, the agency said.
The CDC says upwards of 250,000 heart bypass procedures in the U.S. annually use the heater-cooler devices.
Some patients in the CDC's investigation of these devices have died as a result of infections though it is uncertain whether the infections or not their deaths were directly caused by the devices.
Antibiotic resistance has increased the pressure to address hospital-acquired infections.
Certain microorganisms have already been considered urgent threats, such as C. difficile.
One-third of 3,100 hospitals in a recent Consumer Reports review received poor scores for being unable to properly control C. difficile.
The story is developing.
Source: Healthcare Dive
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