Developing a New, National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events: Executive Summary

Abstract

Shelley S Magill MD PhD, Michael Klompas MD MPH, Robert Balk MD, Suzanne M Burns RN ACNP MSN RRT, Clifford S Deutschman MS MD, Daniel Diekema MD, Scott Fridkin MD, Linda Greene RN MPS, Alice Guh MD MPH, David Gutterman MD, Beth Hammer RN MSN ANP-BC, David Henderson MD, Dean R Hess PhD RRT, Nicholas S Hill MD, Teresa Horan MPH, Marin Kollef MD, Mitchell Levy MD, Edward Septimus MD, Carole VanAntwerpen RN BSN, Don Wright MD MPH, and Pamela Lipsett MD MHPE