KCRG KCRG TV9 News At 5 February 4, 2016
Received a letter from the hospital. We went into the operating room today to see the machine at the center of this, take a look. Ntm bacteria is found all over the earth, and often in water. The issue is as grows near the fan n the machche, it blows into the air of the operating room and near the open surgical site. That is how an infection can begin. This is not just an issue for uihc, the cdc is asking hospitals that preform major lung, liver and heart transplants to take steps to avoid the spread of this bacteria in the operating room. Officials say right now this is all really new, and th...