Archives of cardiovascular diseases
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Arch Cardiovasc Dis · May 2011
Cardiac implantable devices: surveillance of surgical site infections and assessment of professional practices.
A programme for quality assurance and prevention of infection risk during implantation of cardiac medical devices (pacemakers and defibrillators) was set up in our hospital. ⋯ Optimal compliance with antibiotic prophylaxis was not reached in the present series, which demonstrated a surgical site infection rate of 2.3%. More effort must be made to achieve full compliance with preventive measures in the implantation of medical devices.