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This document provides practical recommendations to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute care hospitals. It updates the 2014 guidance and is sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology and other organizations.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and other healthcare-associated pneumonias are important, common healthcare-associated infections, but national surveillance for VAP has long been a challenge because of the lack of objective, reliable definitions.
Two recent major guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) recommend consideration of local antibiotic resistance patterns and individual patient risks for resistant pathogens when formulating an initial empiric antibiotic regimen.
Introduction. Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)1 is a common form of hospital acquired pneumonia which occurs within the critical care seting. It afects between 10 and 20% of patients who are mechanically ventilated.
Nov 15, 2023 · Recommendations to Prevent VAP in Adult Patients (Table 1) Essential Practices: interventions with little risk of harm and that are associated with decreases in duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, mortality, antibiotic utilization, and/or costs
It highlights practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) prevention efforts in LMICs as well as in high-income countries.
Oct 25, 2023 · In our trial, the choice of a 3-day preventive therapy course represented a compromise between efficacy and feasibility on the basis of previous experience with inhaled amikacin and other forms...
