United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Getting at Patient Safety (GAPS) Center

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

VAP CDC Definitions

  MMWR Article (pdf)

  Pneumonia Criteria (pdf)

  NNIS flowchart (pdf)

  Flowchart criteria (pdf)

Bundle Audit Forms

  Bundle audit checklist sample 1 (doc)

   Bundle audit checklist sample 2 (doc)

   Bundle audit checklist sample 3 (doc)

Order Sets and Policies

   Dayton Oral Care Policy (doc)   

   Spontaneous Breathing Trial info (doc)

   Vent Bundle screen shots (doc)

   Vent Order Set example 2 (doc)   

   Vent Order Set example 3 (doc)   

   Weaning Order Set example 2 (doc)

Vent Days Calculation Forms

   Vent days collection form 1 (doc)

   Vent days collection form 2 (doc)    

   Vent days collection form 3 (doc)

   Vent days (pdf)

Bibliography

  References with Abstracts (doc)

Bundle Compliance Calculation

  Bundle compliance calculation (doc)

  Feedback snapshot example (ppt)

  Vent feedback graph examples (ppt)

  Compliance spreadsheet (xls)

Infection Rate Calculation

  VAP Infection Rate Calculation (doc)

VAP Educational Tools

  VAP Brochure 1 (doc)

  VAP Brochure 2 (doc)

  VAP Brochure 3 (doc)

  Vent bundle elements (ppt)

  Head of Bed Elevation (ppt)

Tracking Forms for VAP

  NHSN Pneumonia Form (pdf)

  VAP Tracking Spreadsheet (xls)

 


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