Outcomes of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Prevention by Developed VAP Bundle Care

Abstract

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the important problem of hospital-acquired infection that cause the higher length of stay, cost and mortality rate. This action research had aimed to study the prevention of VAP  by VAP bundle care that the researchers had developed, WHAPS. The results showed that VAP rate was  decreased from 11.8 to 4.0 time per 1,000 ventilator days (p = 0.005). Nurses followed the WHAPS protocol  94.0% and their opinions towards developing VAP Bundle Care in overall were at the highest level.