Automated Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events

Real-Time Automated Surveillance for Ventilator Associated Events Using Streaming Electronic Health Data

889Assessment of an Automated Surveillance System for Detection of Ventilator Associated Events

Ventilator Associated Events Dooshanveer Nuckchady, MD; Michael G. Heckman, MS; Tara Creech, RN; Darlene Carey, RN; Robert Domnick; Walter Hellinger, MD; Infectious Disease, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL; Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL; Infection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL; Information Technology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Jacks...

Interrater Reliability of Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events and Pneumonia.

OBJECTIVE To compare interrater reliabilities for ventilator-associated event (VAE) surveillance, traditional ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) surveillance, and clinical diagnosis of VAP by intensivists. DESIGN A retrospective study nested within a prospective multicenter quality improvement study. SETTING Intensive care units (ICUs) within 5 hospitals of the Centers for Disease Control an...

Evaluation of the Infection-Related Ventilator-Associated Events Algorithm for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance in a Trauma Population.

BACKGROUND The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently introduced new ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) surveillance on the basis of the infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC) definition. We aim to evaluate the accuracy of this new IVAC algorithm for detecting VAP according to the 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safet...

882Risk Factors for Ventilator Associated Events

Dooshanveer Nuckchady, MD; Michael G. Heckman, MS; Nancy N. Diehl, BS; Darlene Carey, RN; John Moss, MD; Tara Creech, RN; Robert Domnick; Walter C. Hellinger MD; Infectious Disease, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL; Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL; Infection Prevention and Control, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL; Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL; Infor...