title: Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events.
abstract: This article is an executive summary of a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance Definition Working Group, entitled "Developing a New, National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-Associatied Events," published in Critical Care Medicine, by Magill SS, Klompas M, Balk R, Burns SM, Deutschman CS, et al. 2013;41(11):2467-2475. The full report provides a comprehensive description of the Working Group's process and outcome.
authors.affiliation: Shelley S. Magill, Scott Fridkin, Alice Guh, and Teresa Horan are from the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Michael Klompas is from the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and the Infection Control Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts and represents the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Arlington, Virginia. Robert Balk is from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rush University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois and represents the Critical Care Societies Collaborative.
authors.forename: Shelley S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Magill
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klompas
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balk
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Clifford S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Deutschman
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diekema
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fridkin
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guh
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gutterman
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Dean R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Nicholas S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horan
authors.forename: Marin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kollef
authors.forename: Mitchell
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Septimus
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vanantwerpen
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lipsett
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data