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

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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, vol.14, no.1, pp.13-17, 2016 (ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 14 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.4274/tybdd.63644
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE-TURK YOGUN BAKM DERNEGI DERGISI
Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.13-17
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.