Open AccessKnowledge, attitude and oral care practices for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia among critical care nurses – A questionnaire study
Author(s) -
Yamini Mannava,
Sangeeta Umesh Nayak,
Ashita Uppoor,
Dilip G Naik,
Abhiram Maddi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_611_16
Subject(s) - medicine , ventilator associated pneumonia , intensive care unit , pneumonia , descriptive statistics , family medicine , nursing , critically ill , intensive care , informed consent , intensive care medicine , alternative medicine , statistics , mathematics , pathology
A cross-sectional study was conducted among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses in private hospitals in India to identify knowledge and practice of ICU nurses in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).