Effect of standardized surveillance of intensive care unit-acquired infections on ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Oct;35(10):1290-3. doi: 10.1086/678064. Epub 2014 Aug 20.

Abstract

In a multicenter surveillance of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections, adjusted ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence diminished by -1.0% per year (95% confidence interval [CI], -1.8 to -0.2; P = .02) in ICUs with continuous surveillance but increased by +16.1% (95% CI, 0.5%-34.1%; P = .04) in the year following surveillance disruption, suggesting a preventive effect of surveillance on VAP.

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / prevention & control*
  • Population Surveillance / methods