Incidence

	Clinical Criteria	Surveillance Criteria
U.S.([FOOTNOTE=Skrupky LP, McConnell K, Dallas J, Kollef MH. A comparison of ventilator-associated pneumonia rates as identified according to the National Healthcare Safety Network and American College of Chest Physicians criteria. Crit Care Med. 2012;40(1):281-284.],[ANCHOR=View Abstract],[LINK=/content/covidien/websites/medtronic/com/en/covidien/support/clinical-evidence.html?id=805235])	4.00%	0.60%
Europe([FOOTNOTE=Koulenti D, Lisboa T, Brun-Buisson C, et al. Spectrum of practice in the diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in patients requiring mechanical ventilation in European intensive care units. Crit Care Med. 2009;37(8):2360-2368.],[ANCHOR=View Abstract],[LINK=/content/covidien/websites/medtronic/com/en/covidien/support/clinical-evidence.html?id=413150])	19.00%	14.60%

VAP Rate Per by 1,000 Ventilator Days by Area of Care³
Area of Care	VAP Rate per 1,000 Ventilator Days
Burn	4.9
Trauma	4.7
Neurologic	3.6
Surgical - Major teaching	2.4
Neurosurgical	2.3
Medical/surgical - Major teaching	2.1
Surgical - All other	2
Surgical cardiothoracic	1.7
Medical - Major teaching	1.1
Surgical - Major teaching	1.1
Medical cardiac	1.1
Medical/surgical - All other <= 15 beds	1.1
Pediatric medical/surgical	1.1
Step-down units - Adult step-down (postcritical care)	1.1

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