Donor tissue blamed in a knee surgery death.(Infection control Update)
Publication: Healthcare Purchasing News
Publication Date: 01-FEB-02
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that one of the patients who died after routine knee surgery in Minnesota was killed by a rare bacterium usually found in soil and fecal matter, The patient appears to have contracted the infection from cartilage taken from a cadaver...
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