Effectiveness and Adherence to Hospital Infection Control Preventive Practice In Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

Abstract

Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) have been increasingly used in the past years, they include cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with or without defibrillator which have been used in patients with severely impaired systolic function, with or without life threatening arrhythmias. CIEDs include also different types of pacemakers which have been used for management of significant brady arrhythmias There is arise in CIED related complications in the past years with the increase in the number of devices implanted, CIED associated infection is the most challenging and often difficult management is required, including system removal (generator and leads), antimicrobial therapy, re implantation at another site, along with increase the rate of infection there is increase in the burden and cost over the patient and also hospitals, there is also increase in the rate of complication with an increase even in the related mortality rate.