Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the calgary health region: a Canadian success story!
This article describes the experiences of a Canadian multidisciplinary critical care team striving to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Several interventions, including a VAP bundle, were used and applied across a health region. Our regional VAP rate has seen a steady decline over the past 12 months and has been largely under our goal of 9.8 cases per 1,000 ventilator-days. The team's success in lowering VAP has provided the momentum for sustained improvement, which has spread to other areas.
Esmail
Rosmin
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BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia. resmail@bccancer.bc.ca
Duchscherer
Greg
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Giesbrecht
Jennifer
J
King
Jennifer
J
Ritchie
Pamela
P
Zuege
Dan
D
D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010348:Patient Care Team; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*