A patient notification exercise for Mycobacterium chimaera infection associated with cardiac bypass surgery: the Welsh perspective

•Notification letters were sent to 2781 patients deemed at risk of hospital-acquired Mycobacterium chimaera infection.•The patient notification exercise helpline received 422 calls in total.•Of 324 individual patient callers, 300 (92.6%) were referred on for clinical assessment.

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Published in:Public health (London) 2017-12, Vol.153, p.61-63
Main Authors: Davies, L., Stiff, R., Davies, E., Shankar, A.G., Jenkins, S., Mason, B.W.
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Bacterial infections
Cardiac surgery
Exercise
Heart
Heart diseases
Heart surgery
Infections
Mycobacterium
Notification
Public health
Surgery
Teams
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Heart
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Mycobacterium
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Public health
Surgery
Teams
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