Implementation of a ventilator care bundle to reduce the incidence of ventilator acquired pneumonia

Introduction / objectives Ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP) is a nosocomial infection that occurs in patients receiving mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hrs. We observed a high rate of VAP of 18.3 per 1000 ventilator days in 2008 and 8.6 per thousand ventilatordays in 2009 in one of our intensive care units at Fortis Hsopital.Reduction of VAP through the implemetation of Ventilator care bundles was taken as one of the quality improvement initiative for the unit.