1.
Nurs Manage
; 44(2): 38-42, 2013 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23348629
2.
Dimens Crit Care Nurs
; 31(5): 301-8, 2012.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22874549
RESUMO
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of 0.12% chlorhexidine rinses and an oral care protocol on ventilator-associated pneumonia rates. A quasi-experimental preintervention-postintervention design was used. The sample included all patients admitted to critical care and on mechanical ventilation at any time during the study period. Data were collected 6 months before and 12 months after intervention. Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates were reduced from 4.3 to 1.86 per 1000 ventilator-days during the study period, with an estimated cost avoidance of $700,000 to $798,000.