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Does the Specific Time of Day Used to Capture Data on Ventilator-Days Have an Impact on the Documented Rates of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Thomas R. Talbot  and
John M. Starmer
Thomas R. Talbot*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
John M. Starmer
Affiliation:
Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
*
A-2200 Medical Center North, 1161 21 st Avenue South, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, ([email protected])
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Abstract

Definitions of ventilator-associated pneumonia do not note a preferred daily time for obtaining denominator data. We examined collecting data on the number of ventilator-days at different times of day in 7 intensive care units. Rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia did not significantly differ when denominator data were collected at midnight, 8 AM, or 4 PM, supporting standard definitions.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 5 , May 2010 , pp. 548 - 550
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010 

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