Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: Use of the care bundle approach
Articles > Article · 2016
Authors: ALİYE OKGÜN ALCAN, Fatma DEMİR KORKMAZ, Mehmet UYAR
American Journal of Infection Control, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2016, vol 44, pp e173-e176
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.237
Summary
Background: The ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) care bundle consists of evidence-based practices to improve the outcomes of patients receiving mechanical ventilatory therapy. This study aimed to investigate the implementation of the care bundle on VAP rates in this quasiexperimental study.