title: Best-practice interventions: How can you prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia?
authors.affiliation: University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pruitt
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000451:nursing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002149:Energy Intake; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control