Patient was seen and evaluated at another facility this year.Patient had coronary artery bypass graft at our facility on (b)(6) 2018.When seen at the other facility this year, patient had blood cultures drawn and sent for mycobacterium chimaera.The culture was sent to investigate the possibility of this organism because it was associated with the use of heater-cooler units used during cardiac bypass surgery.Subsequent to receiving this information, we swabbed and sent culture of the heater/cooler unit for our bypass machine.The results of that culture came back positive for acid fast bacilli on (b)(6) 2020.These swabs are being sent for further differentiation and specification of organism.The samples are being for further differentiation and to rule out mycobacterium chimaera.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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