Executive summary: Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-Associated events

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Magill, Shelley S ^a   Klompas, Michael ^b,c,d   Balk, Robert ^e,f   Burns, Suzanne M ^f,g   Deutschman, Clifford S ^f,h   Diekema, Daniel ^i,j   Fridkin, Scott ^a   Greene, Linda ^k,l   Guh, Alice ^a   Gutterman, David ^f,m   Hammer, Beth ^f,n   Henderson, David ^o   Hess, Dean R ^b,p,q   Hill, Nicholas S ^f,r   Horan, Teresa ^a   Kollef, Marin ^f,s   Levy, Mitchell ^f,t   Septimus, Edward ^u,v   VanAntwerpen, Carole ^w,x   Wright, Don ^y   Lipsett, Pamela ^f,z   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America   (United States)

^e RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f American Association of Critical Care Nurses   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^j Surveillance Working Group   (United States)

^k Rochester General Health System   (United States)

^l Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

^m MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁿ CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^p MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^q American Association for Respiratory Care   (United States)

^r TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network   (United States)

^w NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^x Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists   (United States)

^y Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

^z JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Critical care; Epidemiology; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Public health; Ventilator Associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANDIDA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA; OXYGENATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPPURATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ALGORITHMS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892145854     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201309-314OT     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Klompas M, Khan Y, Kleinman K, Evans RS, Lloyd JF, Stevenson K, Samore M, Platt R; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Multicenter evaluation of a novel surveillance paradigm for complications of mechanical ventilation. PLoS ONE 2011;6:e18062.
2. Klompas M, Magill S, Robicsek A, Strymish JM, Kleinman K, Evans RS, Lloyd JF, Khan Y, Yokoe DS, Stevenson K, et al.; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Objective surveillance definitions for ventilator-Associated pneumonia. Crit Care Med 2012;40: 3154-3161.