Prevention of Ventilator associated Pneumonia

- Abbreviations

·       CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
·       CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
·       HAIs: Healthcare Associated Infections
·       HCP: Healthcare Personnel
·       ICU: Intensive care units
·       IVAC: Infection-related ventilator-associated complication
·       NHSN: National Healthcare Safety Network
·       NIPPV: Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
·       PVAP: Possible ventilator-associated pneumonia
·       VAC: ventilator- associated condition
·       VAE: Ventilator associated events
·       VAP: Ventilator associated pneumonia
·       WHO: World Health Organization