Procedural and Educational Interventions to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rate and Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection Rate
Conclusions:
Efforts to improve physician, patient, and staff education, and checklist implementation resulted in a decrease in VAP and CLA-BSI. This study confirms the applicability of best practice guidelines and suggests a benefit to the use of checklists. We utilize a practical approach for examining the success of these changes.
Source: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine - Category: Intensive Care Authors: Kellie, S. P., Scott, M. J., Cavallazzi, R., Wiemken, T. L., Goss, L., Parker, D., Saad, M. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
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