VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Difference between revisions
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'''If''' a patient has been on a device to assist respiration (ventilator) either continuously or intermittently through a tracheostomy or endotracheal tube (ETT) for at least '''48 hours''' in a unit '''before onset of infection, or new infection.''' | '''If''' a patient has been on a device to assist respiration (ventilator) either continuously or intermittently through a tracheostomy or endotracheal tube (ETT) for at least '''48 hours''' in a unit '''before onset of infection, or new infection.''' | ||
***If a patient had a CAP or HAP previously during the same admission and then develops pneumonia again, meeting the VAP criteria, it is only a VAP if it is a new organism. If it is the same original organism, then the CAP or HAP has not completely been resolved. Do not code these as a VAP. | |||
'''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 | ||