One day after the Montreal Heart Institute notified thousands of patients they may have been at risk of a bacterial infection, the McGill Unviserity Health Centre said its patients have nothing to worry about.
In a statement released Tuesday, the hospital network said there is "no evidence that the heater-cooler devices used at the MUHC are contaminated by the bacteria associated with the infections."
There were concerns the heater-cooler devices used at the MUHC may have also been contaminated with the bacteria Mycobacterium chimaera during their manufacture in Germany.
The hospital network said all cleaning and disinfection measures recommended by the manufacturer, as well as internal quality controls, were and are currently in place and are being carefully observed.
The bacterium in question occurs in the air, and the network said the system used in operating rooms evacuates air that might potentially be contaminated.
Should the situation change the hospital network will advise the public.