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Area of Science:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Hospital Epidemiology

Background:

  • Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a prevalent and often fatal hospital-acquired infection.
  • High incidence rates of VAP pose a significant challenge in intensive care settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the incidence of VAP in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit.
  • To assess the impact of implementing ventilator bundles and staff education on VAP rates.

Main Methods:

  • A 24-month before-and-after study design was employed.
  • Data collected included VAP incidence, microbiological profiles, mechanical ventilation duration, and intensive care unit length of stay.
  • Comparisons were made between baseline, intervention, and post-intervention periods.

Main Results:

  • VAP incidence decreased from 21.6 to 11.6 per 1000 ventilator days post-intervention (P = .01).
  • Intensive care unit length of stay reduced from 36 to 27 days (P = .04).
  • Duration of mechanical ventilation showed a trend towards decrease (26 to 21 days, P = .06).

Conclusions:

  • The study confirmed a high initial VAP incidence in a Greek hospital's general intensive care unit.
  • The implementation of a ventilator bundle combined with staff education effectively lowered VAP incidence.
  • These interventions also resulted in a reduced length of stay for patients in the intensive care unit.