Mehrotra, Preeti, Kalpana Gupta, Judith Strymish, Daniel B Kramer, Anne Lambert-Kerzner, Michael Ho, and Westyn Branch-Elliman. 2017. “Implementation of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship in Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratories: Results from the SHEA Research Network.”. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 38 (4): 496-98.
Abstract
Infection prevention in electrophysiology (EP) laboratories is poorly characterized; thus, we conducted a cross-sectional survey using the SHEA Research Network. We found limited uptake of basic interventions, such as surveillance and appropriate peri-procedural antimicrobial use. Further study is needed to identify ways to improve infection prevention in this setting.