Medicine

Using a bundle approach to improve ventilator care processes and reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia.

R. Resar, P. Pronovost, C. Haraden, Terri Simmonds, Thomas Rainey, T. Nolan

2005.5.1Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(05)31031-2

tlooto Summary

The observations seem sufficiently robust to support implementing the ventilator bundles to provide a focus for additional change in ICUs and demand development of the teamwork necessary to improve reliability.

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RESAR, R., et al. Using a bundle approach to improve ventilator care processes and reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2005, 31 5: 243–8.