CDC Update: Heater Cooler Machines, Infections & Heart Valve Surgery

In 2017, the CDC announced that heart surgery patients may have been exposed to a potential infection that resulted from contaminated heater cooler machines used during cardiac procedures. In this video, you will learn important facts about the CDC's announcement about heater cooler machines, infections and heart surgery from Dr. Raymond Singer, the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Einstein Health in Pennsylvania. (Video posted on May 17, 2018)