Evaluating the impact of an oral care initiative on the risk of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia using electronic clinical data and diagnostic coding surveillance criteria
In a large multi-center study of hospitalized patients, we were unable to identify a clear effect of an oral care initiative on NV-HAP using electronic clinical criteria or diagnostic coding criteria.
Authors
- Barbara Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0971-6887)
- Shannon Munro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1826-0578)
- Michael Klompas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8641-4498)
- Daniel O. Scharfstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7482-9653)
- Alec B. Chapman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3711-2682)
- McKenna Nevers
- Ying Jian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1892-8865)
- Amy L. Valderrama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1039-1725)
Institutions
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Salem VA Medical Center (US)
- VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System (US)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.54
- Primary Topic
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality