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Ventilator-Associated Event Prevention - NYS Partnership for Patients

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NHSN New Surveillance Definition <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>Ventilator</strong>-<strong>Associated</strong> <strong>Event</strong>s<br />

Old VAP Definition:<br />

•Good <strong>for</strong> internal QI<br />

•Poor objectivity <strong>for</strong> public reporting<br />

New VAE Definition<br />

•Surveillance not clinical<br />

•Less subjectivity<br />

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