@article{e414af519a684a3fa62abbcefabc422c,
title = "Developing a new national approach to surveillance for ventilator- associated events: Executive summary",
abstract = "In September 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Surveillance Definition Working Group to organize a formal process for leaders and experts of key stakeholder organizations to discuss the challenges of VAP surveillance definitions and to propose new approaches to VAP surveillance in adult patients (Table 1). The charges to the Working Group were to (1) critically review a draft, streamlined VAP surveillance definition developed for use in adult patients; (2) suggest modifications to enhance the reliability and credibility of the surveillance definition within the critical care and infection prevention communities; and (3) propose a final adult surveillance definition algorithm to be implemented in the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), taking into consideration the potential future use of the definition algorithm in public reporting, interfacility comparisons, and pay-for-reporting and pay-for-performance programs.",
keywords = "Critical care, Epidemiology, Intensive care unit, Mechanical ventilation, Public health, Ventilator-associated pneumonia",
author = "Magill, {Shelley S.} and Michael Klompas and Robert Balk and Burns, {Suzanne M.} and Deutschman, {Clifford S.} and Daniel Diekema and Scott Fridkin and Linda Greene and Alice Guh and David Gutterman and Beth Hammer and David Henderson and Hess, {Dean R.} and Hill, {Nicholas S.} and Teresa Horan and Marin Kollef and Mitchell Levy and Edward Septimus and Carole Vanantwerpen and Don Wright and Pamela Lipsett",
note = "Funding Information: Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Funding Information: Conflicts of interest: Dr Klompas received grant support from the CDC, US Food and Drug Administration , and the Office of the National Co-ordinator for Health IT . Dr Balk received grant support from the CDC and bioM{\'e}rieux for participation in the EPIC CAP study (CDC) and the Procalcitonin in ICU antibiotic stewardship study (CDC and bioM{\'e}rieux). Dr Deutschman received grant support from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences . Dr Diekema received grant support from Merck, Cerexa, bioM{\'e}riuex, PurThread Technologies, and Pfizer . Dr Klompas received support for travel from the CDC, Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology , and the Duke University Infection Control Outreach Network . Dr Balk received support for travel from the CDC and Critical Care Societies Collaborative . Dr Burns received support for travel from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN; meeting unrelated to this study). Drs Deutschman and Lipsett received support for travel from the Society of Critical Care Medicine . Ms Greene received support for travel from the Department of Health and Human Services/CDC. Ms Greene consults for INC . Dr Hess consulted for Philips Respironics, ResMed, Pari, and Breathe and received honorarium from Covidien and Maquet . Ms Greene lectured for Premier, Advanced Sterilization Products, and APIC. Dr Burns lectured for AACN (annual national conference). Ms Greene presented speeches for Covidien and Maquet. Dr Septimus received an honorarium for a lecture. Dr Klompas received support from the Society of Healthcare Epidemiologists of America for the development of educational presentations. Ms Greene is employed by the Rochester General Hospital. Dr Lipsett has board membership with the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr Deutschman received a stipend for his Presidency with the Society of Critical Care Medicine . Dr Deutschman received royalties from Elsevier for the textbook, Evidence-based Practice of Critical Care Medicine. Dr Burns receives royalties from McGraw-Hill for books endorsed by AACN. Ms Greene receives royalties from Up-To-Date, Jones and Bartlett, and McGraw-Hill . The remaining authors disclose no conflicts. ",
year = "2013",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1016/j.ajic.2013.07.001",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "1096--1099",
journal = "American Journal of Infection Control",
issn = "0196-6553",
number = "11",
}