… serious complications that have previously not been acknowledged or attended to by quality-…
tive than those used in traditional VAP surveillance. Hospitals can now be more confident …

… The complexity, unreliability, and limited focus of VAP surveillance make VAP a poor
basis for internal quality assessment or external benchmarking. Shifting the emphasis of …

… adults and are amenable to automated surveillance. Based on the study findings, … surveillance
for ventilator-associated events from only pneumonia to a broader range of complications…

… VAP surveillance for internal quality assessment and external … monitoring alone. As such,
we believe that VAC is a more suitable surveillance target in patients on mechanical ventilation …

… upon ARDS, particularly with the ventilation settings and monitoring. Protective lung strategies
involve an open lung perspective to mechanical ventilation underpinned by a high PEEP, …

… of careful adherence to established maintenance and quality control procedures. … Infection
control Surveillance in the intensive care unit Awareness programs Review of techniques for …

… these events could serve as a surrogate for quality indicators for improvement programs in
high-… ; this information could lead to additional strategies for monitoring complications in these …

… Monitoring alarm systems for safety and quality largely consists of individualized … in
helping with mechanical ventilation alarm management when they target real problems such as …

… discuss the complications of mechanical ventilation and the … the surveillance objective from
VAP to any complication of … an ideal quality indicator of mechanical ventilation complications. …

… surveillance definition of ventilator-associated pneumonia, however, preclude its use for this
purpose. We need to develop objective new quality … complications of mechanical ventilation. …