American journal of infection control
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Am J Infect Control · Jan 2014
Multicenter StudyThe impact of a ventilator bundle on preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicenter study.
For prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a bundle approach was applied to patients receiving mechanical ventilation in intensive care units. The incidence of VAP and the preventive efficacy of the VAP bundle were investigated. ⋯ Implementing the appropriate VAP bundle significantly decreased the incidence of VAP in patients with mechanical ventilation.