Efficiency of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Prevention Protocol in a mixed intensive care unit in Pahang, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/16255/1/apaccm_basri.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/16255/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rate in adult ICU varies between 8.0 and 46.3 episodes/1000 ventilator days. A National Audit of Adult Intensive Care Units (NAICU) in 2003 reported a high incidenceof 26.9/1000 ventilator days. A subsequent multiple one day prevalence study found...