Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Events, and Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Acute-Care Hospitals

Publication Date: May 20, 2022

Last Updated: November 15, 2023

Recommendations

Recommendations to Prevent VAP in Adult Patients (Table 1)

Essential Practices: interventions with little risk of harm and that are associated with decreases in duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, mortality, antibiotic utilization, and/or costs

1. Avoid intubation and prevent reintubation if possible.

Use high flow nasal oxygen or non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) whenever safe and feasible.

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Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Events, and Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Acute-Care Hospitals

Strategies to Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Events, and Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Acute-Care Hospitals

Recommendations

Recommendations to Prevent VAP in Adult Patients (Table 1)

Essential Practices: interventions with little risk of harm and that are associated with decreases in duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, mortality, antibiotic utilization, and/or costs

Overview

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