Impact of an Educational Intervention Aimed at Nursing Staff on Oral Hygiene Care on the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Adults Ventilated in Intensive Care Unit

• Main Authors: Melissa Sánchez Peña (Author), Luz Angélica Orozco Restrepo (Author), Freddy Andrés Barrios Arroyave (Author), Oscar Felipe Suárez Brochero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Antioquia, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. This work sought to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on oral hygiene care aimed at nursing care staff, on the incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in adults from an ICU in Colombia. Methods. Quasi-experimental study pre- and post-educational intervention ai...