Effect of Educational Program About Preventive Care Bundle for Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Among Newborns

Damanhour University137 enrolled

Overview

This study is designed to investigate the effect of educational program for nurses about preventive care bundle for prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia among newborns.

Neonatal ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common nosocomial infection and a frequent reason for empirical antibiotic therapy in NICUs. Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as a nosocomial lower airway infection in intubated patients with onset after 48 h or more of invasive mechanical ventilation.Prevention of VAP has been primarily achieved by the "bundle approach"; this involves the simultaneous application of several preventive strategies for all patients.In Egypt and other developing countries, reports on the success of VAP intervention strategies, particularly among neonates, are scarce. So, it is important to conduct educational programs for nurses about VAP to decrease its incidence.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

137

Conditions

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Interventions

educational program about VAPOTHER

An educational program about VAP that includes VAP bundle from CDC as core measures , equipment related measures and general measures.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 3 DaysMax age: 30 Days

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Gestational age ≥34 weeks * Intubated newborns and those expected to receive mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. Exclusion Criteria: * Newborns with diagnosis of pneumonia at the time of admission. * Newborns developed pneumonia in the first 48 hours of mechanical ventilation. * Newborns subjected to reintubation. * Immunosuppressed newborns.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

prevalence of VAP among newborns ( the number of newborns diagnosed with VAP during the study period

prevalence of VAP will be compared before application of educational program for nurses about preventive care bundle for prevention of VAP and after the program ( immediately, 3 months later) by using centers for disease control and prevention PNU-1

Time frame: before intervention as baseline ( Day 1), immediately after the intervention, 3 months later after intervention

Secondary Outcomes

nurses practices about prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia after implementing the training program will be compared by their practices before the intervention using Observational Checklist

nurses practices will be assessed before and after the intervention immediately and 3 months later using Observational Checklist about their practices and then results compared before and after the intervention by mean percent score

Time frame: before intervention as baseline(Day 1), immediately after the intervention, 3 months later after intervention

Central Contacts

Basma Ibrahim Khamis, Doctoral

CONTACT

01221880646 basmaaibrahim@yahoo.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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