Mechanical ventilation is the main risk factor for development of hospital-related bacterial pneumonia. Up to 15 percent of all HAIs, along with an estimated 27 percent of all infections acquired in the ICU, are attributed to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), the leading cause of death among hospital-acquired infections. The hospital mortality rate for ventilated patients who develop VAP is 46%, compared with 32% for those who do not.1
1. Ibrahim E.H., Tracy L., Hill C., et al. The Occurrence of Ventilated Associated Pneumonia in a Community Hospital: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes. Chest. 120 (2): 555-561. August 2001.
(Also consulted: InfectionControlToday.com. Clinicians Share VAP Prevention Strategies. Available at: http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/vap-prevention-strategies.html. Accessed April 12, 2010.)
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