Record number:
61
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Time to detection:
1 day
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Life-threatening eye infection with Pseudomonas one day after transplant. Antibiotics commenced. Cornea was imported from another EU state with a negative microbiological control.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Imputability classified as certain. Control taken on day of transplant from cornea grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
References:
Suggest references:
AAA