Introducing stricter surveillance methods may reduce the ventilator-associated pneumonia rate without improving patient care, according to a commentary in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The author, Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the department of population medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston, argues that lowered VAP rates from stricter surveillance methods may mislead hospitals about the effectiveness of their interventions.
Click here to read the full report in Becker's ASC Review on VAP.
The author, Michael Klompas, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the department of population medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute in Boston, argues that lowered VAP rates from stricter surveillance methods may mislead hospitals about the effectiveness of their interventions.
Click here to read the full report in Becker's ASC Review on VAP.