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

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{{ICD10 transition status
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| OldDxArticle =VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
| OldDxArticle =VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
| CurrentStatus = freshly automatically generated article
| CurrentStatus = reconciled
| InitialEditorAssigned = Tina Tenbergen
| InitialEditorAssigned = Tina Tenbergen
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*Of course, if the patient entered the hospital without a pneumonia, and develops one (and meets the VAP criteria), then that person would have a VAP we do want to code.
*Of course, if the patient entered the hospital without a pneumonia, and develops one (and meets the VAP criteria), then that person would have a VAP we do want to code.


==Data Collection Instructions==
For all ICU patients except [[STB_CICU]] & [[STB_CCU]]:
: If a patient
:* meet all criteria of a '''[[Acquired Diagnosis / Complication]]''' of '''[[VAP]]''' while in your unit
:then
:* [[Contacting Quality Officer and Manager for VAPs and CLIs]]
:* make the following entry in tmp:
::*Project: '''QAInf'''
::*Item: '''[[VAP]]'''
::*date_var: '''date''' (no time) '''positive''' sputum culture was '''sent''' to micro lab.


==Criteria==
==Criteria==