RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit using “VAP prevention Bundle”: a cohort study Seham F. A. Azab* , Hanan S. Sherbiny, Safaa H. Saleh, Wafaa F. Elsaeed, Mona M. Elshafiey, Ahmed G. Siam,...
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RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit using “VAP prevention Bundle”: a cohort study Seham F. A. Azab* , Hanan S. Sherbiny, Safaa H. Saleh, Wafaa F. Elsaeed, Mona M. Elshafiey, Ahmed G. Siam, Mohamed A. Arafa, Ashgan A. Alghobashy, Eman A. Bendary, Maha A. A. Basset, Sanaa M. Ismail, Nagwa E. Akeel, Nahla A. Elsamad, Wesam A. mokhtar and Tarek Gheith Abstract Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious health care- associated infection, resulting in high morbidity and mortality. It also prolongs hospital stay and drives up hospital costs. Measures employed in preventing ventilator- associated pneumonia in developing countries are rarely reported. In this study we tried to assess the efficacy of our designed “VAP prevention bundle” in reducing VAP rate in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Method: This prospective before-and-after study was conducted at university hospital NICU, all neonates who had
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