Nursing actions for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves,Fernanda Alves Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Brasil,Virginia Visconde, Ribeiro,Luana Cássia Miranda, Tipple,Anaclara Ferreira Veiga
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002012000800016
• topic: Pneumonia; ventilator associated; Disease prevention; Intensive care units; Nursing care

OBJECTIVE: To identify prevention actions of the nursing team related to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). METHOD: A cross-sectional, observational study conducted in an Intensive Care Unit of a teaching hospital in Goiania/GO. RESULTS: Hand hygiene occurred, mainly, after the procedures and most of care, such as elevating the head-of-bed, bronchial and oral hygiene, diet administration, also handlingmechanical ventilator circuits were not adequate and if experienced groups such as the one in the present study are not following the recommendations emerging from evidence, it may indicate that, for some reason, the learning is not being significant. CONCLUSION: Most recommendedmeasures to reduce VAP related to positioning the head-of-bed, bronchial and oral hygiene, administration of diet and handling mechanical ventilator circuit were not followed.