| IHI Improvement Reports |
| Many hospitals that employ the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's ventilator bundle take additional ".steps to boost patient outcomes even further, such as suctioning and oral cleanings to prevent bacteria from collecting in the mouth."* The reports below are directly from the IHI website. Simply click on a title to view the report. |
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Pursuing Perfection: Report from HealthPartners' Regions Hospital on Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infection: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA |
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Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Owensboro Medical Health System, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
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No VAPs - It CAN Be Done!
Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, Illinois, USA |
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Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Changing Culture
Lee Memorial Health System, Cape Coral Hospital, Fort Myers, Florida, USA |
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Working to Reduce Complications from Ventilators and Prevent VAP in the Adult Intensive Care Units
University of Rochester/ Strong Health, Rochester, New York, USA |
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Eliminating Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critical Care
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA |
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ZAP VAP
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA |
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Improvement Report: Real Change Leads to Improved ICU Patient Care
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
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| * Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Pursuing Perfection: Report from HealthPartners' Regions Hospital on Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infection: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection |
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