Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02060045
Prevention Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Impact of 4 Sequential Measures on the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Major Heart Surgery Intensive Care Unit
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1,534 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Maria Jesus Perez · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The objective of the investigators work was to evaluate the impact of 4 sequentially implemented measures for preventing VAP in a major heart surgery ICU. The measures were a specific training program, aspiration of subglottic secretions (ASS), introduction of an inclinometer to improve the semirecumbent position, and reinforcement of oral care with chlorhexidine.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Bundle implementation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-06-01
- Completion
- 2012-06-01
- First posted
- 2014-02-11
- Last updated
- 2014-02-11
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Spain
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