Infections & Organisms: Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)

Pneumonia (part of SHEA Prevention CHKC)

This is a module that is part of the SHEA Prevention CHKC Course (Course in Healthcare Associated Knowledge and Control). It focuses on best practices for preventing and detecting pneumonias. It provides the learner with an overview of when to use different options for respiratory support, and how to differentiate the different types of pneumonia.

Legionella

Intermediate
ABIM-MOC
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CME
CNE
COVID-19
English
Hospice and Palliative Care
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Paid
Respiratory Infections
SHEA
Ventilator
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)
Video

Quick Observation Tool – Ventilator

This tool is designed for a team to conduct a quick observation in 10-15 minutes, and is encouraged to be performed by staff members. It assesses elements of care for ventilators as can be observed “in real time” It can be printed as a 2-sided “card”.

CDC 

IPC Foundational Level 

English 

Print Resources 

Checklist

Downloadable 

Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel 

Infection Preventionist 

Acute Care Rehabilitation Hospital or Long-term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH) 

Acute Care Hospital 

Emergency Medical Services (EMS)  

Ventilator

Risk Assessment

Quality Improvement

Auditing/ Observation/ Monitoring/ Assessment Tools

Ventilator-Associated Events (VAE), including Pneumonia (VAP)

Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Event Calculator

This is an electronically generated worksheet that demonstrates how the NHSN PedVAE surveillance definition algorithm works and assists in making VAE determinations. It requires that javascript is enabled. The user enters the following information: the date the patient began to have mechanical ventilation, MAP and/or FiO2 values. It provides a determination for when a ventilator associated condition is met.

Foundational
CDC
Data Analysis
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Surveillance
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)

Ventilator-Associated Event Calculator (Version 9.0)

This is an electronically generated worksheet that demonstrates how the NHSN VAE surveillance definition algorithm works and assists in making VAE determinations. It requires that javascript is enabled. The user enters the following information: the date the patient began to have mechanical ventilation, PEEP and/or FiO2 values. It provides a determination for when a ventilator associated condition is met and provides further determination for IVAC and PVAP.

Foundational
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
CDC
Data Analysis
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Respiratory Infections
Surveillance
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)

Prevention CHKC (Course in Healthcare-Associated Infection Knowledge and Control)

This is a course created by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). It is designed to train frontline personnel in best practices to prevent and control HAIs and pathogens that can spread in the healthcare setting. It consists of 11 modules (including prevention of CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAP/VAE, C. difficile MRSA) and how to improve understanding of disinfection and sterilization. This is a course created by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). It is designed to train frontline personnel in best practices to prevent and control HAIs and pathogens that can spread in the healthcare setting. It consists of 11 modules (including prevention of CLABSI, CAUTI, SSI, VAP/VAE, C. difficile MRSA) and how to improve understanding of disinfection and sterilization.

Foundational
ABIM-MOC
Activity Included
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Air Quality
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
CME
CNE
Construction
COVID-19
Data Analysis
Emergency Preparedness & Operations
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Gastrointestinal Infections
Hand Hygiene
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Outbreak Investigation
Paid
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Post-Training Support Materials
Quality Improvement
Respiratory Infections
Risk Assessment
SHEA
Standard Precautions
Sterile Processing
Surgical site infections (SSI)
Surveillance
Transmission-Based Precautions
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Ventilator
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)

Mortality Attribution Tool

This tool provides an estimate of the number of healthcare-associated infection-related (HAI) deaths that occur over a given time period, an estimate of the number of lives that could be saved through a reduced HAI rate, and the option to add information about an intervention that could help achieve an applicable HAI reduction.

Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
APIC
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Data Analysis
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Surgical site infections (SSI)
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)

Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

This is a website with links to tools to guide diagnosis and treatment of ventilator associated pneumonia. It is intended to be part of an antibiotic stewardship program. It contains links to a slides, a facilitator guide, and templates for facilities to individualize guidelines.

Advanced

Acute Care Hospital

AHRQ

Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship

Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel

English

Facilitator Guide

Free

Laboratory Collection and Interpretation

Post-Training Support Materials

Respiratory Infections

Ventilator

Ventilator-associated events (VAE), including pneumonia (VAP)