Outcomes of a ventilator-associated pneumonia bundle on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia and other health care-associated infections in a long-term acute care hospital setting.
Am J Infect Control
; 42(5): 536-8, 2014 May.
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| ID: mdl-24773791
ABSTRACT
Long-term trends in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates, and other health care-associated infections, were examined prior to, during, and after introduction of a VAP bundle in a long-term acute care hospital setting. VAP incidence rate declined in a step-wise fashion and reached a null value. Incidence rates of bacteremia from any cause declined in a similar fashion. The incidence rates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization or infection rates also decreased, but that of Clostridium difficile infection did not. VAP in the long-term acute care hospital setting can be controlled over time with implementation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-based VAP bundle. This outcome also may decrease certain other health care-associated infections.
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Assunto principal:
Controle de Infecções
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Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Positivas
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Pneumonia Associada à Ventilação Mecânica
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article