Developing a new national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events: Executive summary

In September 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Surveillance Definition Working Group to organize a formal process for leaders and experts of key stakeholder organizations to discuss the challenges of VAP surveillance definitio...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of infection control 2013-11, Vol.41 (11), p.1096-1099
Hauptverfasser: Magill, Shelley S., MD, PhD, Klompas, Michael, MD, MPH, Balk, Robert, MD, Burns, Suzanne M., RN, ACNP, MSN, RRT, Deutschman, Clifford S., MS, MD, Diekema, Daniel, MD, Fridkin, Scott, MD, Greene, Linda, RN, MPS, Guh, Alice, MD, MPH, Gutterman, David, MD, Hammer, Beth, RN, MSN, ANP-BC, Henderson, David, MD, Hess, Dean R., PhD, RRT, Hill, Nicholas S., MD, Horan, Teresa, MPH, Kollef, Marin, MD, Levy, Mitchell, MD, Septimus, Edward, MD, VanAntwerpen, Carole, RN, BSN, Wright, Don, MD, MPH, Lipsett, Pamela, MD, MHPE
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Zusammenfassung:In September 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Surveillance Definition Working Group to organize a formal process for leaders and experts of key stakeholder organizations to discuss the challenges of VAP surveillance definitions and to propose new approaches to VAP surveillance in adult patients ( Table 1 ). The charges to the Working Group were to (1) critically review a draft, streamlined VAP surveillance definition developed for use in adult patients; (2) suggest modifications to enhance the reliability and credibility of the surveillance definition within the critical care and infection prevention communities; and (3) propose a final adult surveillance definition algorithm to be implemented in the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), taking into consideration the potential future use of the definition algorithm in public reporting, interfacility comparisons, and pay-for-reporting and pay-for-performance programs.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.07.001