Intensive care nurses' knowledge and adherence towards the prevention of vap / Intan Baizura Ahamad Zamari, Nurul Ashikin Mat Jusoh and Raihatul Fathirah Baharim

• Main Authors: Ahamad Zamari, Intan Baizura, Mat Jusoh, Nurul Ashikin, Baharim, Raihatul Fathirah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Medicine and surgery for nurses; Specialities in nursing; Public health nursing
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36872/1/36872.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/36872/

Background: The death rate of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is higher than the death rate of infection of central line, severe sepsis, and respiratory tract infections in non-intubated patients which is the leading cause among hospital-acquired infections. The barrier of adherence towards VA...