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Zenodo
2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15862188 |
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- <p>Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common infection that can happen in hospitals, especially in intensive care units. Following proper guidelines to prevent VAP helps reduce infections and improves how patients recover.</p> <p>Aim: This study looked at how often VAP occurred, how well nurses followed the VAP care steps (called Ventilator bundle), and whether this affected patient outcomes.</p> <p> Study Design: This was a Quantitative study. It included ICU patients who were on ventilators for at least 48 hours..</p> <p>Results: Out of 100 patients, 22.3% developed VAP. The infection rate was 5.6 per 1,000 ventilator days. Nurses followed the VAP care bundle 69% of the time, but this decreased over the hospital stay. Higher nurse compliance was linked to: Shorter hospital stays Fewer days on a ventilator Lower hospital costs Patients who did not get VAP had better nurse compliance (average 72.9%) than those who did get VAP (average 56.6%).</p> <p>Conclusions: Better nurse compliance with VAP guidelines leads to improved patient outcomes. Hospitals need to focus on improving how well staff follow these guidelines.</p>