Associations between routine oral care and in-hospital mobility with non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia
In a large hospital network, both oral care and mobility were associated with lower risk of NV-HAP and hospital mortality, with differential effects inside and outside of the ICU. Prospective trials are needed to confirm these potential benefits.
Authors
- Kenneth Sands (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-9793)
- Sheryl A. Kluberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2846-7879)
- Laura DelloStritto
- Michael Klompas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8641-4498)
- Dian Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0332-8082)
- E. Jackie Blanchard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2939-2445)
- Russell E. Poland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-5811)
- Jeffrey S. Guy
- Karen K. Giuliano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3047-5421)
- Edward Septimus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3330)
- Rui Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5007-193X)
- Tom Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5301-5447)
- Robert Jin
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- HCA Healthcare (US)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (US)
- Informa Healthcare (GB)
- California State University, Sacramento (US)
- Belmont University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10245
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00