report that summarizes the NTM outbreak and includes important information on ways to limit the risk of patient infections. We gratefully acknowledge the American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology (AmSECT) for allowing access to this paper, which appears for a limited time as the feature article in The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology, no. 48, August 2016. In addition to the article, my post-meeting summary from the FDA meeting can be found in the Resource Library on our website.
Editor’s note: Founded in 1964, AmSECT has over 2,000 members throughout the world and is dedicated to promoting perfusion by giving members a voice and the opportunity to contribute to the profession. The Journal is the longest continuously published periodical in the field, and has served as the official publication of the American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology since 1967. To learn more about AmSECT, visit http://www.amsect.org/.
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