title: Effect of standardized surveillance of intensive care unit-acquired infections on ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence.
abstract: In a multicenter surveillance of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections, adjusted ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence diminished by -1.0% per year (95% confidence interval [CI], -1.8 to -0.2; P = .02) in ICUs with continuous surveillance but increased by +16.1% (95% CI, 0.5%-34.1%; P = .04) in the year following surveillance disruption, suggesting a preventive effect of surveillance on VAP.
authors.affiliation: Infection Control and Epidemiology Unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bénet
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ecochard
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Voirin
authors.forename: Anaïs
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Machut
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lepape
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Savey
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vanhems
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods