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

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=== VAPs on medicine wards ===

*The only way VAP can be coded on a medicine ward is if -- as per [[#1 - Ventilated 48 hrs]] -- the patient's Mechanical Ventilation (MV) ended that day or the prior day in an ICU '''and''' patient met all the criteria.

*If the medicine collector identifies that a new pneumonia is present soon after arrival to the ward, they should let the ICU collector know to assess whether it was a VAP or not. ~~This~~ can be ~~put in~~ the [[Admit Diagnosis]] of the ~~medicine collector but~~ the sending ICU collector ~~would have to~~ ensure that the VAP is a ~~complication~~ for them and they have done the tmp information and notification process.

*If the medicine collector identifies that a new pneumonia is present soon after arrival to the ward, they should let the ICU collector know to assess whether it was a VAP or not. VAP can be coded by the medicine collector as an [[Admit Diagnosis]] or [[Acquired Diagnosis]] following the usual rules, and should notify the sending ICU collector so they can ensure that the VAP is a [[Acquired Diagnosis]] for them and they have done the tmp information and notification process.

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

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 === VAPs on medicine wards ===
 *The only way VAP can be coded on a medicine ward is if -- as per [[#1 - Ventilated 48 hrs]] -- the patient's Mechanical Ventilation (MV) ended that day or the prior day in an ICU '''and''' patient met all the criteria.
-*If the medicine collector identifies that a new pneumonia is present soon after arrival to the ward, they should let the ICU collector know to assess whether it was a VAP or not. This can be put in the [[Admit Diagnosis]] of the medicine collector but the sending ICU collector would have to ensure that the VAP is a complication for them and they have done the tmp information and notification process.
+*If the medicine collector identifies that a new pneumonia is present soon after arrival to the ward, they should let the ICU collector know to assess whether it was a VAP or not. VAP can be coded by the medicine collector as an [[Admit Diagnosis]] or [[Acquired Diagnosis]] following the usual rules, and should notify the sending ICU collector so they can ensure that the VAP is a [[Acquired Diagnosis]] for them and they have done the tmp information and notification process.
 === Long term ventilator patients with pneumonia ===