Quality Improvement Project Proposal for reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia rate in a hypothetical urban Hospital.
Executive Summary Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is pneumonia occurring more than 2 days after patients have been intubated and received mechanical ventilation. About 8 of every 10 patients with nosocomial pneumonias are related to mechanical ventilator use. An average of 1 in 4 acutely ill patients in the Intensive care unit (ICU) come down with VAP. […]