Using a collaborative to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in Thailand

• Main Authors: Unahalekhaka A., Jamulitrat S., Chongsuvivatwong V., Ovretveit J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34347378133&partnerID=40&md5=57e4217099527514b20a83ec00c4a4d7; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/4310
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious nosocomial infection, leading to high mortality and high costs of treatment in developed and limited-resource countries. A collaborative quality improvement (QI) project was conducted in 18 secondary and tertiary care hospitals in Thaila...