Quality Improvement Program, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
Albert Einstein Jewish Institute for Education and Research, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):471-473. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.468. Epub 2020 Oct 6.
The global outbreak of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater-cooler devices (HCDs) presented several important and unique challenges. To mitigate the risk of infection, we removed the HCDs from operating rooms (ORs) at our hospital and since that time (4.5 years ago) we have had no new cases.
全球侵袭性奇美拉分枝杆菌感染与热交换器(HCD)相关的爆发带来了一些重要且独特的挑战。为了降低感染风险,我们已将 HCD 从我院手术室(OR)移除,自那时起(4.5 年前),我们再未出现新发病例。