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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 just want to connect with patients who underwent these major procedures to see if they have had any symptoms. We need them to understand the risk of association at our hospital and other hospitals because this is something that has potential to impact every hospital in the United States that does these surgeries and that there are patients po ....

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