Effectiveness of Staff Compliance to VAP Bundle in Aswan Heart Center

Document Type : Abstracts

Abstract

(Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is 
nosocomial pneumonia that may develop in patients 
on mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. 
VAP is one of the most common preventable hospitalacquired infections in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 
with a rate of per 1000 ventilated days (Riddick et 
al.,2019). It is associated with an increased duration 
of ventilation, hospital length of stay, and cost. VAP 
is considered a key hospital quality indicator and a 
target for preventative strategies

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