• Dimens Crit Care Nurs · Sep 2012

    An evidence-based oral care protocol to decrease ventilator-associated pneumonia.

    • Lisa Cuccio, Ellen Cerullo, Heidi Paradis, Cynthia Padula, Cindy Rivet, Susan Steeves, and Judy Lynch.
    • Patient Safety Reporting System, The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island, USA.
    • Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2012 Sep 1;31(5):301-8.

    AbstractThe purpose of this study was to examine the impact of 0.12% chlorhexidine rinses and an oral care protocol on ventilator-associated pneumonia rates. A quasi-experimental preintervention-postintervention design was used. The sample included all patients admitted to critical care and on mechanical ventilation at any time during the study period. Data were collected 6 months before and 12 months after intervention. Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates were reduced from 4.3 to 1.86 per 1000 ventilator-days during the study period, with an estimated cost avoidance of $700,000 to $798,000.

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