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 ...
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 ...
Using a bundled protocol for caring for infants and children with mechanical ventilation may prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a study in Critical Care Nurse. The authors propose a ...
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, ...
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The clinical experts who had experience of using PneuX explained that it differed from other endotracheal tubes (ETTs) with subglottic drainage because of several design features such as the automated ...
The VAP bundle was implemented over a period of 2 years and included (a) elevating the head of the bed of ventilated patients to 30˚, (b) preventing venous thromboembolism with the use of sequential ...