Mycobacterium chimaera in heater cooler units

ACT Health is alerting the community to an issue involving a specific brand of heater-cooler unit commonly used worldwide in open-heart surgery has been linked to a small number of cases of infection with an uncommon environmental bacterium called Mycobacterium chimaera.  The heater-cooler units are thought to have been contaminated with the bacteria during the manufacturing process in Europe. For further information see Mycobacterium chimaera

ACT Health is alerting the community to an issue involving a specific brand of heater-cooler unit commonly used worldwide in open-heart surgery has been linked to a small number of cases of infection with an uncommon environmental bacterium called Mycobacterium chimaera.  The heater-cooler units are thought to have been contaminated with the bacteria during the manufacturing process in Europe.

For further information see Mycobacterium chimaera

Page last updated on: 14 Sep 2018