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Cardiac patients get bacteria warning
Cardiac patients get bacteria warning
Queensland Health has contacted cardiac surgery patients about infection concerns.Queensland's health department is contacting open-heart surgery patients who might have been exposed to a type of bacteria in some medical equipment.Deputy director-general Dr John Wakefield says the design and manufacture of some heart bypass heater-cooler units made them susceptible to harbouring mycobacterium chimaera.
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Queensland Health to contact open heart surgery patients amid bacteria scare
Queensland Health to contact open heart surgery patients amid bacteria scare
QUEENSLAND Health will contact patients who have undergone certain types of open-heart surgery, particularly heart valve replacement, concerned they may have been exposed to bacteria in the equipment used.Deputy Director-General John Wakefield said the design and manufacture of a type of heart bypass heater-cooler unit had the potential to harbour the bacterium, Mycobacterium chimaera.Dr Wakefield said although it was common in the environment, infection as a result of exposure was extremely rare.
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Queensland Health contacting open-heart surgery patients over bacteria risk
Queensland Health contacting open-heart surgery patients over bacteria risk
Queensland Health contacting open-heart surgery patients over bacteria riskPostedQueensland Health is contacting tens of thousands of people who have had certain types of open-heart surgery and may have been exposed to a bacteria which can cause infection.Deputy director-general John Wakefield said it had recently been recognised that there was the potential for the mycobacterium chimaera to grow in the water tank of the heart bypass heater-cooler units.Those who had open-heart surgery on a heart valve or aortic vascular graft surgery in a Queensland hospital within the past five years are at risk.
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