VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Difference between revisions

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==== VAP acquired in ICU then transferred to Ward====
==== VAP acquired in ICU then transferred to Ward====
If a patient has a '''VAP''' in the '''ICU''' that is not yet resolved  when the patient is transferred to a '''ward''', the ward should code the VAP in the [[Admit Diagnosis]]. If VAP was '''resolved''' in the ICU before the patient was sent to the ward, then don't code it.
If a patient has a '''VAP''' in the '''ICU''' that is not yet resolved  when the patient is transferred to a '''ward''', the ward should code the VAP in the [[Admit Diagnosis]].


====VAP can't be Medicine complication====
====VAP can't be Medicine complication====