SHEA

Strategies to Prevent VAP, VAE & NV-HAP: 2022 Update

SHEA/IDSA/APIC recommendations for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia.

AHRQ

Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP

AHRQ resources covering causes, prevention strategies, implementation, and bundled approaches for VAP and NV-HAP.

AHRQ

Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients

AHRQ CUSP toolkit for safer ventilator care; includes implementation methods relevant to pneumonia-prevention programs.

CDC

CDC Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices

Foundational CDC practices supporting prevention of healthcare-associated respiratory infections.

APIC

APIC Pneumonia

APIC Text chapter addressing pneumonia epidemiology, surveillance, prevention measures, and healthcare-associated pneumonia concepts.

IHI

What Is a Bundle?

IHI explanation of evidence-based care bundles and reliable implementation principles applicable to pneumonia-prevention bundles.

IHI

IHI Model for Improvement

Improvement framework for testing and sustaining oral-care, mobility, aspiration-prevention, and other NV-HAP interventions.