In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Grassie, Semiha; Kayaaslan, Bircan; Gevrek, Smeyra; Kumral, Dilber; Emre, Cengizhan

doi:10.4274/tybdd.63644

In Our Intensive Care Unit the Experience of the Checklist Use to Prevent Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Grassie S. S., Kayaaslan B., Gevrek S. C., Kumral D., Emre C.

JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE-TURK YOGUN BAKM DERNEGI DERGISI, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.13-17, 2016 (ESCI, TRDizin)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2016
Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tybdd.63644
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE-TURK YOGUN BAKM DERNEGI DERGISI
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.13-17
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Intensive care units are high risk units for serious infections like ventilator associated pneumonia. Preventing ventilator associated pneumonia is one of the most important infection control practice in intensive care units. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the effect of the ventilator associated pneumonia prevention checklist use in decreasing ventilator associated pneumonia rates.