Guideline for prevention of nosocomial pneumonia.

This document updates and replaces CDC's previously published "Guideline for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia 1983;11:230-44). This revised guideline is designed to reduce the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia and is intended hospitals; the information may not be applicable in long-term-care facilities because of the unique characteristics of su practitioners regarding the prevention and control of nosocomial pneumonia in U.S. hospitals. Sections on the preventi respiratory-therapy devices, prevention of cross-contamination, and prevention of viral lower respiratory tract infection updated. New sections on Legionnaires disease and pneumonia caused by Aspergillus sp. have been included. Lower r Part I, "An Overview of the Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia, 1994," provides the background information for the (HICPAC) in Part II, "Recommendations for Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia."