We assume thatmeasures such as hand hygiene and aseptic suctioning technique are of the most basictechniques and that they were taken for granted, along with all the other interventionsfor VAP prevention in the included studies.
Hand hygiene is one of the most important techniques to prevent further infection in patients. I think that many nurses forget to do hand hygiene before entering a patient's room because they put gloves on when performing care.
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The second most widely usedintervention was oral hygiene using chlorhexidine 0.12%
During my clinical experience so far, I had a patient on a ventilator I got to perform oral care. I did use chlorhexidine and used a suction swab to clean the patient's mouth. I do think that this specific patient should get more oral care because his mouth was extremely dry, and his teeth had some plaque.
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the main types of infection in criticallyill mechanically ventilated patients, leading to increased mortality, morbidity, hospital stay,economic and psychological costs for patients and their families
It is important to understand interventions to help prevent VAP. This includes oral care with chlorhexidine, suctioning, and having the head of the bed elevated. If the patient does get VAP, it is important to know the signs and symptoms such as purulent tracheal discharge, fever, respiratory distress. A chest radiograph can also help diagnose a new or progressive infiltrate.
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