QA Infection VAP

The Critical Care QI Team is monitoring VAPs in the ICUs. This project is in collaboration with CCVMS which is a cross Canada ICU collaborative project.

Data Collection Instructions

For all ICU patients except STB_CICU & CCU:

If a patient

• develops a Complication of VAP while in your unit
• the VAP is newly acquired on your unit and not already reported at different unit
• there is a positive culture (no positive culture, don't code)

then

• CLI Call Basil Evan if MICU/SICU/IICU phone:787-8794
• make the following entry in tmp:

• Project: QAInf
• Item: VAP
• date_var: date (no time) positive sputum culture was sent to micro lab.

Don't use TMP as notes

Please do not enter this TMP until you have actually confirmed a DX of VAP exists. Use the Notes field on you laptop as a reminder if needed.

Patient from other ICU with Central Line and possibly VAP

If Patient already has a VAP present on admission to your unit:

• in the admitting diagnosis field, enter VAP.
• do not enter the DATE of positive culture in the Temp Studies field.

Template:Discussion I think what we really mean here is, don't enter into tmp at all, right? Or is it really just the date? Ttenbergen 19:04, 2016 November 3 (CDT)

• if the patient is from another ICU in the city, email the collector at that site to check if VAP was captured as a complication at that site.

Dates

• Start Date: Saturday August 22, 2009
• End Date: NONE - Continued project with the CCVSM cross Canada Collaborative--TOstryzniuk 16:53, 4 October 2010 (CDT)

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See QA Infection