[Nurses' knowledge regarding evidence-based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia]

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Ventilator-associated pneumonia [VAP] is a subset of hospital infections occurring 24 hours after intubation or mechanical ventilation. Considering the outcome of VAP, prevention is of a high importance in the care of patients who are being treated by mechanical ventilation. Thus, evidence-based guidelines have been published by researchers to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia and can effectively reduce its incidence