VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Difference between revisions

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== Additional Information==

*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.

***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 (tracheobronchitis) and not a pneumonia at all). The time frame for looking at the VAP criteria is within 1-3 days on either side 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 (tracheobronchitis) and not a pneumonia at all). The time frame for looking at the VAP criteria is within 1-3 days on either side of when the positive culture was '''sent'''. --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 15:29, 2013 April 22 (EDT)

*~~I checked with Dr Olafson. Patients with other infections are not automatically excluded from the VAP criteria[[User:GHall|GHall]] 13:19, 2017 February 9 (CST)[[User:GHall|GHall]]~~

* Infiltrates that are present on admission (ie CAP) need to persist/ worsen and also meet the VAP criteria to code VAP.

** infiltrates that are present on admission (ie CAP) need to persist/ worsen and also meet the VAP criteria to code VAP.

== Onset of infection:==

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 == Additional Information==
 *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.
-***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 (tracheobronchitis) and not a pneumonia at all).  The time frame for looking at the VAP criteria is within 1-3 days on either side 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 (tracheobronchitis) and not a pneumonia at all).  The time frame for looking at the VAP criteria is within 1-3 days on either side of when the positive culture was '''sent'''.  --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 15:29, 2013 April 22 (EDT)
-*I checked with Dr Olafson. Patients with other infections are not automatically excluded from  the VAP criteria[[User:GHall|GHall]] 13:19, 2017 February 9 (CST)[[User:GHall|GHall]]
+* Infiltrates that are present on admission (ie CAP) need to persist/ worsen and also meet the VAP criteria to code VAP.
-** infiltrates that are present on admission (ie CAP) need to persist/ worsen and also meet the VAP criteria to code VAP.
 == Onset of infection:==