Decreasing ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult intensive care units using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement bundle

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) increases in-hospital mortality of ventilated patients to 46%, compared with 32% for ventilated patients who do not develop VAP. In addition, VAP prolongs time spent on the ventilator, length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and length of hospital s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 2010-09, Vol.38 (7), p.552-556
Hauptverfasser:	Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., MD, FACP, Abed, Mahmoud S., BS, RN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adults Biological and medical sciences bundle Comparative analysis Cross Infection - economics Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - prevention & control device-related infections Disease prevention Epidemiology. Vaccinations General aspects Health Care Costs Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans IHI Incidence Infection Control Infection Control - methods Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Institute for Healthcare Improvement Intensive care Intensive Care Units Medical sciences Mortality Pneumology Pneumonia Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - economics Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - prevention & control quality improvement Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases Saudi Arabia - epidemiology VAP Ventilation Ventilator-associated pneumonia, health care-associated infection
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