Oral care supplemented antiseptics, such as chlorhexidine or povidone-iodine, may reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia more than oral care without antiseptics, according to research ...

Oral care decreased both the number of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and the length of stay, as well as the amount of time of mechanical ventilation. Patients on mechanical ventilation who ...

Researchers have concluded use of antiseptics, such as chlorhexidine, during oral care reduced the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to research published in the Journal of the ...

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) is the most prevalent healthcare-associated infection, with 65% of HAPs occurring in non-ventilated patients as non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP).1 ...