Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: The Multimodal Approach of the Spanish ICU "Pneumonia Zero" Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The "Pneumonia Zero" project is a nationwide multimodal intervention based on the simultaneous implementation of a comprehensive evidence-based bundle measures to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU.

Design

Prospective, interventional, and multicenter study.

Setting

A total of 181 ICUs throughout Spain.

Patients

All patients admitted for more than 24 hours to the participating ICUs between April 1, 2011, and December 31, 2012.

Intervention

Ten ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention measures were implemented (seven were mandatory and three highly recommended). The database of the National ICU-Acquired Infections Surveillance Study (Estudio Nacional de Vigilancia de Infecciones Nosocomiales

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Lerma F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770104 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature