Researchers examined the effectiveness of practice bundles on reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia in a recent study published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. The study ...
An interrupted time series study was conducted in a 38-bed medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care, private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. This is an open staffing model ICU ...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a preventable secondary consequence of intubation and mechanical ventilation. VAP is pneumonia that develops in an intubated patient after 48 hours or more of ...
Although The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals force many organizations to focus primarily on MRSA, central line-associated bloodstream infections, and surgical site infections, ...
Fisher-Titus is celebrating 10 years without any cases of ventilator-associated pneumonia. “Being VAP (ventilator-associated pneumonia) free for 10 years is such an accomplishment,” said Nichole Hance ...
Patient care must be based on the latest evidence-based practice. Student nurses should be introduced to the principles of this as part of pre-registration education Abstract In response to government ...
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