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IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign targets VAP prevention
The 5 Million Lives Campaign is an initiative to protect patients from five million incidents of medical harm over the next two years (December 2006 – December 2008).
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View campaign materials for VAP Prevention
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Targeting Safer Healthcare for Canadians
The Safer Healthcare Now! (SHN) campaign offers Canadian healthcare organizations the opportunity to participate in and support a campaign dedicated to improving patient safety, through the implementation of six targeted interventions in patient care.
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CDC Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care--Associated Pneumonia, 2003
CDC, MMWR. March 26, 2004;53(RR03);1-36.
Download Oral Hygiene Excerpt (.pdf*)
Download Canadian French Oral Hygiene Excerpt (.pdf*)
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IHI improvement reports include oral care
View actual improvement reports as featured on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement website. Each facility featured either reduced or eliminated VAP.
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