Pneumonia, ventilator-associated (VAP): Difference between revisions

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=== Long term ventilator patients with pneumonia ===

*If a LTV patient is admitted from the community with an pneumonia, a '''C'''ommunity '''A'''cquired '''P'''neumonia ('''[[Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ICD10]]''') should be coded, not VAP, even though it is technically a VAP.

*If a LTV patient is admitted from the community with a pneumonia, a '''C'''ommunity '''A'''cquired '''P'''neumonia ('''[[Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ICD10]]''') should be coded, not VAP, even though it is technically a VAP.

**The rationale for this is that we only are wanting to tracking '''Hospital Acquired VAP's''', not patients who have acquired an pneumonia while on long term home ventilators (LTV) in the community.

*Of course, if the patient entered the hospital without a pneumonia, and develops one (and meets the VAP criteria), then that person would have a VAP we do want to code.

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===Data Collection Instructions===

: If a patient

:* ~~meet~~ all criteria of an '''[[Acquired Diagnosis / Complication]]''' of '''[[VAP]]''' while in your unit

:* meets all criteria of an '''[[Acquired Diagnosis / Complication]]''' of '''[[VAP]]''' while in your unit

:then

:* [[Contacting Quality Officer and Manager for VAPs and CLIs]];( Exception for [[STB_CICU]] & [[STB_CCU]]: do not contact the Quality Officer but need to still contact the respective manager.)

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 === Long term ventilator patients with pneumonia ===
-*If a LTV patient is admitted from the community with an pneumonia, a '''C'''ommunity '''A'''cquired '''P'''neumonia ('''[[Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ICD10]]''') should be coded, not VAP, even though it is technically a VAP.
+*If a LTV patient is admitted from the community with a pneumonia, a '''C'''ommunity '''A'''cquired '''P'''neumonia ('''[[Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ICD10]]''') should be coded, not VAP, even though it is technically a VAP.
 **The rationale for this is that we only are wanting to tracking '''Hospital Acquired VAP's''', not patients who have acquired an pneumonia while on long term home ventilators (LTV) in the community.
 *Of course, if the patient entered the hospital without a pneumonia, and develops one (and meets the VAP criteria), then that person would have a VAP we do want to code.
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 ===Data Collection Instructions===
 : If a patient
-:* meet all criteria of an '''[[Acquired Diagnosis / Complication]]''' of '''[[VAP]]''' while in your unit
+:* meets all criteria of an '''[[Acquired Diagnosis / Complication]]''' of '''[[VAP]]''' while in your unit
 :then
 :* [[Contacting Quality Officer and Manager for VAPs and CLIs]];( Exception for [[STB_CICU]] & [[STB_CCU]]: do not contact the Quality Officer but need to still contact the respective manager.)