Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

• About _% of hospitalized people develop pneumonia

  1
• Healthcare-associated pneumonia is often associated with _____ ____

  mechanical ventilation
• sometimes labeled as?

  ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
• _% to _% mortality rate

  30, 50
• Frequent causative agents:

  MRSA strains of Staphylococcus aureus, as well as nonresistant strains
• on the CDC’s list as a Serious Threat

  MRSA
• Other common causative agents:

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Enterobacter
  • E. coli
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • acinetobacter
• Most cases are _______ in origin

  Polymicrobial
• Elevating patients’ heads to a _- to _-degree angle helps reduce aspiration of secretions

  30,45
• Good preoperative education of patients about the importance of deep breathing and frequent coughing can reduce postoperative infection rates.
• Most causes are due to ____ from the upper respiratory tract

  aspiration