Factors Involved in Compliance With Nursing Care to Prevent Pneumonia Associated With Mechanical Ventilation

Abstract

Health Care Associated Infections (HAI) represent a threat to patient safety, presenting a greater number of cases in Intensive Care Units (ICU); highlighting Pneumonia Associated with Mechanical Ventilation (VAP), occurs in 10 and 20% of patients undergoing mechanical ventilatory assistance, with mortality between 24 and 50%.