Measure Source

Healthy People 2010, measure 14-20c.

Table

2.24 Ventilator-associated pneumonia among adult ICU patients, United States, 1998-2003.

Data Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System.

Denominator

Number of ventilator days among intensive care unit patients.

Numerator

Number of hospital-acquired ventilator-associated pneumonia infections among intensive care unit patients.

Comments

Data may not be representative of all U.S. hospitals. For each year of data collection, not all participating hospitals are represented.

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