Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON 5/22/2019, CORELINK WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT. A (B)(6) MALE PATIENT UNDERWENT L5-S1, ALIF FUSION SURGERY. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING PROCEDURE, PATIENT WAS FINE AND PER THE DOCTOR, PROCEDURE WAS CONSIDERED A SUCCESS. AT THE 2 WEEK POST-SURGICAL FOLLOW UP VISIT, PATIENT APPEARED TO BE DOING FINE AND HEALING AS EXPECTED. AT APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS POST-OP, PATIENT BEGAN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A SORE AT THE SURGICAL SITE WHICH WAS OOZING FLUID. PATIENT THEN DEVELOPED AN INFECTION AT THE SURGICAL SITE, WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE SERRATIA, A GRAM NEGATIVE ORGANISM. THE PATIENT WAS RE-ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THE INFECTION FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK. IN A FOLLOW-UP CALL WITH THE SURGEON ON (B)(6), PATIENT APPEARS TO BE DOING BETTER.