Open AccessThe adherence of the multi-professional team to preventive measures of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Author(s) -
Angela Maria Chastay,
Janaini Brunoski,
Arthur Garani Narciso,
Elder Dalazoana Filho,
João Pedro Gambetta Polay,
Guilherme Arcaro,
Maria Dagmar da Rocha Gaspar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research, society and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3409
DOI - 10.33448/rsd-v10i13.21554
Subject(s) - ventilator associated pneumonia , observational study , medicine , pneumonia , intensive care unit , multidisciplinary approach , multidisciplinary team , medical record , health care , intensive care medicine , incidence (geometry) , medical emergency , emergency medicine , health professionals , nursing , social science , physics , sociology , optics , economics , economic growth
Objective: The main purpose of this paper was to evaluate the incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the adherence of the bundles by healthcare professionals. Methodology: This study was prospective, observational, and quantitative, performed in an ICU located in Ponta Grossa (Paraná, Brazil) gathering data from December 2018 to February 2019 through medical records and bedside observations. Results: This study included 56 patients, of whom 3 acquired VAP. The multi-professional team performed several procedures that met the prevention bundles in that UCI, writing them down in medical records, but some of them were not being applied in practice or were not performed properly, exposing divergences between annotations and bedside observations. Conclusion: It is noted that bundles are effective in preventing VAP, reduces risks of HAI and, consequently, deaths. However, there is a need to guide the applicability and registration by the multidisciplinary team, optimizing the adherence of these measures, in order to improve the quality of health of patients and reducing costs and the length of stay in the ICU related to VAP.