Contaminated Devices May Lead To Deadly Infection After Open-Heart Surgery - Forbes

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Contaminated Devices May Lead To Deadly Infection After Open-Heart Surgery Forbes Anyone who's had open heart surgery since 2011 should beware: You could have a deadly infection brewing in your chest. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning that a device commonly used to heat and cool the ... More than half a million heart surgery patients at risk of a dangerous infectionTwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Bacteria on Device Said to Infect at Least 12 Patients in PennsylvaniaNew York Times Contaminated devices may put heart-surgery patients at riskThe Seattle Times Reuters -Wall Street Journal -HealthDay -Medscape all 30 news articles »