{"acf2caae-0773-4eb2-bb10-57a01b19e200": "Ihalferty", "b36780e0-cb72-4402-8bda-d3fd3a8925b0": "Despite adhering to cleaning and disinfection strategies meeting or exceeding manufacturer’s instructions for use, various water-based heater-cooler devices have been implicated in nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) outbreaks. Ongoing rigorous surveillance for healthcare-associated NTM alerted investigators to a cluster of three extrapulmonary M. abscessus infections among patients who had undergone cardiothoracic surgery. This outbreak investigation highlighted the need for additional heater-cooler device design modifications to better contain aerosols or filter exhaust during device operation to prevent NTM transmission."}