Thursday, January 4, 2007

fungal contamination of breast implants

Aaaahhh! I just heard fOr the first time abOut fungal cOntaminatiOn in saline- filled breast implants! At least it seems tO be preventable> Studies were cOnducted to find the causes Of the cOntaminatiOn and this is what the article says that the results were:
Dr. Kainer and colleagues conducted an extensive investigation to identify factors contributing to the outbreak. They found that sterile saline used to fill the implants was stored directly under a portion of ceiling sheetrock that had been water-damaged a few years before and was still moist. The investigators isolated Curvularia from an air sample taken from the supply room. They also discovered that air was flowing into the operating room associated with the contamination, rather than out of it as infection control guidelines stipulate. Furthermore, sterile saline was poured into a bowl in the operating room before the patient arrived and left exposed to the air until it was drawn into a syringe and injected into the implants.

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