• Nursing in critical care · Nov 2012

    Assessment of a training programme for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

    • M Rosa Jam Gatell, Montserrat Santé Roig, Óscar Hernández Vian, Esther Carrillo Santín, Concepción Turégano Duaso, Inmaculada Fernández Moreno, and Jordi Vallés Daunis.
    • Critical Care Centre, Hospital de Sabadell, Sabadell, Spain. rjam@tauli.cat
    • Nurs Crit Care. 2012 Nov 1;17(6):285-92.

    BackgroundVentilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent nosocomial infection in intensive care units (ICUs). Most published studies have analysed nurses' theoretical knowledge about a specific procedure; however, the transfer of this knowledge to the practice has received little attention.AimTo assess the impact of training session on nurses' knowledge regarding VAP, compliance with VAP preventive measures, VAP incidence and determining whether nursing workload affects compliance.MethodA prospective, quasiexperimental, pre- and post-study of the nursing team in a 16-bed medical/surgical ICU. Pre-intervention phase: a questionnaire to assess nurses' knowledge of VAP prevention measures, direct observation and review of clinical records to assess compliance. Intervention phase: eight training sessions for nurses. The post-intervention phase mirrored the pre-intervention phase.FindingsNurses answered more questions correctly on the post-intervention questionnaire than on the pre-intervention (17·87 ± 2·69 versus 15·91 ± 2·68, p = 0·002). Compliance with the following measures was better during the post-intervention period (p = 0·001): use of the smallest possible nasogastric tube, controlled aspiration of subglottic secretions and endotracheal tube cuff pressure, use of oral chlorhexidine and recording the endotracheal tube fixation number. VAP incidence remained unchanged throughout the study. However, a trend towards lower incidence of late (>4 days after intubation) VAP was observed (4·6 versus 3·1 episodes/1000 ventilation days, p = 0·37).ConclusionThe programme improved both knowledge of and compliance with VAP preventive measures, although improved knowledge did not always result in improved compliance.© 2012 The Authors. Nursing in Critical Care © 2012 British Association of Critical Care Nurses.

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