VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Difference between revisions
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== When to code VAP == | == When to code VAP == | ||
'''Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Criteria''' (based on NNIS definition) | '''Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Criteria''' (based on NNIS definition): | ||
If a patient has been on a device to assist respiration continuously through a tracheostomy or ETT with the 48 hour period before onset of infection | '''If''' a patient has been on a device to assist respiration continuously through a tracheostomy or ETT with the 48 hour period before onset of infection | ||
'''and''' if they demonstrate new, worsening or persistent infiltrate on x-ray compatible with pneumonia | '''and''' if they demonstrate new, worsening or persistent infiltrate on x-ray compatible with pneumonia | ||