Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Trached and Ventilated Children

The project's goal was to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in trached and ventilated children. The project team at Franciscan Hospital for Children in Brighton, Mass., focused on taking the evidence-based practice for reducing VAP—that is, the ventilator bundle—and modifying it for the special population of trached and ventilated children in a post-acute setting.