Study: Smaller Hospitals Have Higher VAP Rate

Small community hospitals had a higher ventilator-associated pneumonia rate than the rate at medium and large community hospitals, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

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Researchers examined the VAP rate in 31 community hospitals from 2007 to 2011.

Click here to read the full story on VAP rates in community hospitals in Becker’s Hospital Review.

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