Association of compliance of ventilator bundle with incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia and ventilator utilization among critical patients over 4 years

Association of compliance of ventilator bundle with incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia and ventilator utilization among critical patients over 4 years

Background: Several studies showed that the implementation of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) ventilator bundle alone or with other preventive measures are associated with reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) rates. However, the association with ventilator utilization was ra...

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Main Authors: Majid S Al-Thaqafy, Aiman El-Saed, Yaseen M Arabi, Hanan H Balkhy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Bundle
health-care-associated infection
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
quality improvement
ventilator-associated pneumonia
ventilator utilization
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2014;volume=9;issue=4;spage=221;epage=226;aulast=Al-Thaqafy

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