Use of a ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) bundle to decrease the VAP rate in Syria
Critical Care2012Vol. 16(S1)
Reem Alsadat, Zahra Mazloum Khorasani, A Alshamaa, Abdulrahman Dakkak, Hussam Albardan, Malak Mohamed Eltayeb, A Marie, Faten Esber, Ola Naes, Mohamed A. Shama, Ibrahim Betelmal, Mazen Kherallah
Abstract
Implementation of a ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) bundle as a performance improvement project in the critical care units for all mechanically ventilated patients aiming to decrease the VAP rates over the study period at four major teaching hospitals in Damascus.
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