Preventable proportion of intubation-associated pneumonia: Role of adherence to a care bundle.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the present study was to estimate the preventable proportion of Intubation-Associated Pneumonia (IAP) in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) participating in the Italian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance in ICUs (SPIN-UTI) network, taking into account differences in intrinsic patients' risk factors, and additionally considering the compliance with the European bundle for IAP prevention.

Methods

A prospective patient-based survey was conducted and all patients staying in ICU for more than 2 days were enrolled in the surveillance. Compliance with the bundle was assessed using a questionnaire for each intubated patient. A twofold analysis by the parametric g-formula was used to compute the number of infections to be expected if the infection incidence in all I

SUBMITTER: Agodi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5587225 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature