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From: TSS (216-119-144-71.ipset24.wt.net)
Subject: MRSA CryoValve, Pulmonary Valve & Conduit. Recall # Z-0026-05
Date: October 27, 2004 at 1:51 pm PST
PRODUCT CryoValve, Pulmonary Valve & Conduit. Recall # Z-0026-05. CODE Donor Number: 68668, Serial Number: 8037696, Model Number: PV00. RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER Cryolife, Inc., Kennesaw, GA, by letter on July 15, 2004. Firm initiated recall is ongoing. REASON A pre-implant swab culture of the aortic valve, which was procured from the same donor, was positive for Methicillin resistant Staphyococcus aureus. VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE 1 tissue. DISTRIBUTION CA. _______________________________ http://www.fda.gov/ (IF YOU HAVE ever had MRSA, you will know why i posted this even though it's not a TSE. REFUSE cadaver bone and blood for fear of CJD/TSE and they damn near kill me with MRSA. 7 weeks vancomycin via long line straight to heart...TSS)
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