The first full report using whole genome sequencing has identified contaminated heater-cooler units produced by LivaNova in a factory in Germany as the likely source of Mycobacterium chimaera ...

Three so-called heater-cooler units, devices used during surgery to maintain a patient’s temperature, tested positive, UW Medicine officials said Monday. The discovery came during an ...

As a result, the risk is hard to quantify. At least 79 cases of infection tied to Sorin heater-cooler units in the U.S. and worldwide have been reported to the FDA since 2010, including 12 deaths.

The device in question is a piece of medical equipment known as a heater-cooler unit, an essential part of life-saving surgeries because it helps keep a patient’s organs and circulating blood ...

Three heater-cooler units — equipment used to heat and cool patients during heart surgery — tested positive for Legionella bacteria at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle ...

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Donald Gore contracted the infection from a heater-cooler unit used at Bristol Royal Infirmary (BRI) in 2016 but was not diagnosed until 2019. His was one of 33 deaths from 49 known UK cases ...