Dr. Muscarella articles/posting discussing infection risks associated with patient exposure to heater-cooler devices:
- Click here to read 10 of Dr. Muscarella’s articles discussing heater-cooler devices.
These articles discussing the associated infection risk include:
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Jan 17, 2017 … The name of the hospital that linked these four M. abscessus infections to the Terumo heater–cooler device was redacted from the regulatory …
Jan 18, 2017 … Several different brands of a specialized device called a heater–cooler device may be prone to contamination with and, possibly, …
June 27, 2014 … Indeed, whether safe or not, heater–cooler device used during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery may be filled with tap water. Still more unanswered questions. But, …
Nov 19, 2012 …These systems include air-conditioning systems, cooling towers, … mode of transmission was a contaminated reusable medical device, …
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- Heater-Cooler Devices (10)
- CardioQuip (2)
- Cincinnati Sub Zero (2)
- LivaNova (formerly Sorin Group) (3)
- Maquet (2)
- Medtronic (1)
- Terumo (3)