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This tool is designed to help you compare your projected annual oral hygiene product expense to the estimated VAP treatment cost.
Enter the following information and view the report to see how comprehensive oral hygiene can help you avoid unnecessary treatment costs.
Addressing a VAP risk factor
Comprehensive oral hygiene has been shown to address key risk factors for hospital-acquired pneumonias (HAPs), including ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).1 CDC Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia recommend that facilities "develop and implement a comprehensive oral hygiene program... for patients in acute care settings or residents in long-term care facilities who are at risk for healthcare-associated pneumonia (II)."2
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* Pricing is market estimate.
1. Schleder B, Stott K, Lloyd RC, J Advocate Healthcare. 2002;4(1):27-30. . 2. Tablan OC, et al., Guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated pneumonia, 2003, Recommendations of CDC and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). 3. Kollef MH, et al., Chest. 2005;128(6):3854-62. 4. Cocanour CS, et al., Surgical Infections. 2005;6(1):65-72. 5. Rello J, et al., Chest. 2002;122(6):2115-21. |
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