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Preventing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia: A Quality Improvement Project, Calyn Pascual
Preventing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia: A Quality Improvement Project, Calyn Pascual
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Abstract
Problem: From October 2016 to September 2017, the 5th floor medical surgical telemetry unit has had 9 incidences of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). Among the facility, this is the floor with the highest HAP incidences.
Context: HAP is associated with $40,000 to $65,000 to each patient care cost; an additional 7-9 days of stay in the hospital, increases the chances of discharging a patient to a skilled nursing facility instead of home, and has an attributable mortality rate (Quinn, et al., 2014).
Interventions: Daily oral brushing self-audits are given to patient care technicians (PCT) for both day and evening …