The impact of a bundle to prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia in a cohort of nonventilated patients on enteral nutrition.

Michelli Cristina Silva de Assis, Andreia Barcellos Teixeira Macedo, Célia Mariana Barbosa de Souza Martins, Loriane Rita Konkewicz, Luciana Verçoza Viana, Juliana Petri Tavares, Aline Castello Branco Mancuso, Ninon Girardon da Rosa, Rodrigo Pires Dos Santos

Journal: Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2021;42(1):100-102

PMID: 32847648

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Abstract

We conducted a quasi-experimental study to evaluate a bundle to prevent nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) in patients on enteral tube feeding. After the intervention, there was an increase in bundle compliance from 55.9% to 70.5% (P < .01) and a significant decrease (34%) in overall NV-HAP rates from 5.71 to 3.77 of 1,000 admissions.

Address: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.374

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MeSH Terms: Cohort Studies, Enteral Nutrition, Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia, Hospitals, Humans, Pneumonia, Risk Factors