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Sustained Reduction of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates Using Real-Time Course Correction With a Ventilator Bundle Compliance Dashboard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2015

Thomas R. Talbot ,
Devin Carr ,
C. Lee Parmley ,
Barbara J. Martin ,
Barbara Gray ,
Anna Ambrose  and
Jack Starmer
Thomas R. Talbot*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Devin Carr
Affiliation:
Hospital Administration, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
C. Lee Parmley
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Barbara J. Martin
Affiliation:
Quality, Safety, and Risk Prevention, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Barbara Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Trauma, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Anna Ambrose
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Jack Starmer
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
*
Address correspondence to Thomas R. Talbot, MD, MPH, A-2200 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Avenue South, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 (tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu).
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Abstract

BACKGROUND

The effectiveness of practice bundles on reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been questioned.

OBJECTIVE

To implement a comprehensive program that included a real-time bundle compliance dashboard to improve compliance and reduce ventilator-associated complications.

DESIGN

Before-and-after quasi-experimental study with interrupted time-series analysis.

SETTING

Academic medical center.

METHODS

In 2007 a comprehensive institutional ventilator bundle program was developed. To assess bundle compliance and stimulate instant course correction of noncompliant parameters, a real-time computerized dashboard was developed. Program impact in 6 adult intensive care units (ICUs) was assessed. Bundle compliance was noted as an overall cumulative bundle adherence assessment, reflecting the percentage of time all elements were concurrently in compliance for all patients.

RESULTS

The VAP rate in all ICUs combined decreased from 19.5 to 9.2 VAPs per 1,000 ventilator-days following program implementation (P<.001). Bundle compliance significantly increased (Z100 score of 23% in August 2007 to 83% in June 2011 [P<.001]). The implementation resulted in a significant monthly decrease in the overall ICU VAP rate of 3.28/1,000 ventilator-days (95% CI, 2.64–3.92/1,000 ventilator-days). Following the intervention, the VAP rate decreased significantly at a rate of 0.20/1,000 ventilator-days per month (95% CI, 0.14–0.30/1,000 ventilator-days per month). Among all adult ICUs combined, improved bundle compliance was moderately correlated with monthly VAP rate reductions (Pearson correlation coefficient, −0.32).

CONCLUSION

A prevention program using a real-time bundle adherence dashboard was associated with significant sustained decreases in VAP rates and an increase in bundle compliance among adult ICU patients.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(11):1261–1267

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 11 , November 2015 , pp. 1261 - 1267
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

Presented in part: Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections; Atlanta, Georgia; March 21, 2010 (Abstract 744).

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