1Departments of Medicine,Health Research Methods,Evidence and Impact,and Pathology and Molecular Medicine,McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
3Dalla Lana School of Public Health,University of Toronto,Toronto,Ontario,Canada.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Apr;39(4):482-484. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.24. Epub 2018 Feb 28.
Canadian hospitals were made aware of the risk of Mycobacterium chimaera infection associated with heater-cooler units (HCUs) through alerts issued by the US food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In response, most hospitals conducted retrospective reviews for infections, informed exposed patients, and initiated a requirement for informed consent with HCU use. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:482-484.
加拿大医院通过美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）和美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）发布的警报，意识到与热交换器（HCU）相关的奇美拉分枝杆菌感染的风险。作为回应，大多数医院对感染进行了回顾性审查，通知了暴露的患者，并对使用 HCU 提出了知情同意的要求。感染控制与医院流行病学杂志 2018;39:482-484。
