Impact of a multifaceted prevention program on ventilator-associated pneumonia including selective oropharyngeal decontamination

Landelle, Caroline; Nocquet Boyer, V; Abbas, Mohamed; Genevois, Emilie; Abidi, Nour Elhouda; Naimo, Sébastien; Raulais, R; Bouchoud, Lucie; Boroli, Filippo; Terrisse, H; Bosson, J-L; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Pugin, Jérôme

doi:10.1007/s00134-018-5227-4

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Impact of a multifaceted prevention program on ventilator-associated pneumonia including selective oropharyngeal decontamination

ContributorsLandelle, Caroline; Nocquet Boyer, V; Abbas, Mohamed; Genevois, Emilie; Abidi, Nour Elhouda; Naimo, Sébastien; Raulais, R; Bouchoud, Lucie; Boroli, Filippo; Terrisse, H; Bosson, J-L; Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Pugin, Jérôme

Published inIntensive Care Medicine, vol. 44, no. 11, p. 1777-1786

Publication date2018

Abstract

We describe the impact of a multifaceted program for decreasing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) after implementing nine preventive measures, including selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD).

Keywords

Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Multimodal strategy
Selective oropharyngeal decontamination
Intensive care unit

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences

Research group

Groupe Pugin Jérôme (Soins intensifs) (587)

Citation (ISO format)

LANDELLE, Caroline et al. Impact of a multifaceted prevention program on ventilator-associated pneumonia including selective oropharyngeal decontamination. In: Intensive Care Medicine, 2018, vol. 44, n° 11, p. 1777–1786. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5227-4