Mold found in baby’s heart after surgery at Seattle Children’s hospital

The operating room where the baby had his procedure did not have a HEPA filter


A month after having heart surgery at Seattle Children’s hospital he was fighting for his life as mold infected his heart, according to an article on The Seattle Times website.

Seattle Children’s has been trying to contain Aspergillus mold for nearly two decades. 

In a lawsuit against the hospital, the baby’s family said if they had known about the history of mold at the hospital, they wouldn’t have had his initial surgery there. According to their negligence suit, no one from Children’s told them about that history.

A health department’s investigation showed that the hospital’s infection-prevention department wanted to restrict high-risk surgeries to operating rooms with HEPA  filters. The report said the operating room where the baby had his procedure did not have a HEPA filter.

Read the article.

 



April 29, 2020


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