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== Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Criteria == | == Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Criteria == | ||
*Whenever a positive sputum culture is reported, the data collector should check to see if this is first of all, a pneumonia and then, to see if it is a CAP, HAP or VAP. (Sometimes it is an URTI and not a pneumonia at all). The time frame for looking at the VAP criteria listed below is within a day or two of when the positive culture was '''sent'''. --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 15:29, 2013 April 22 (EDT) | *Whenever a positive sputum culture is reported, the data collector should check to see if this is first of all, a pneumonia and then, to see if it is a CAP, HAP or VAP. (Sometimes it is an upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) and not a pneumonia at all). The time frame for looking at the VAP criteria listed below is within a day or two of when the positive culture was '''sent'''. --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 15:29, 2013 April 22 (EDT) | ||
'''Code the diagnosis VAP only if these criteria are met.''' The doctors may or may not be calling it a VAP but this has no bearing on the way we collect the information. Be sure to adhere''' strictly to these criteria '''.: | '''Code the diagnosis VAP only if these criteria are met.''' The doctors may or may not be calling it a VAP but this has no bearing on the way we collect the information. Be sure to adhere''' strictly to these criteria '''.: | ||