Pneumonia: References

Canadian Patient Safety Institute. Claire inspires change after her passing. Published 2011. 

Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control. Infection Control Guideline for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia. Ottawa, ON: Public Health Agency of Canada; 2010. http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/aspc-phac/HP40-54-2010-eng.pdf 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Pneumonia. CDC. Published March 9, 2020. http://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/index.html 

Health Standards Organization. Leading Practices Library. Accreditation Canada. Published 2015. https://accreditation.ca/leading-practices 

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). How-to Guide: Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Cambridge, MA: IHI; 2012. http://www.ihi.org/resources/Pages/Tools/HowtoGuidePreventVAP.aspx 

Kalil AC, Metersky ML, Klompas M, et al. Management of Adults with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: 2016 Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;63(5):e61-e111. doi:10.1093/cid/ciw353 

Papazian L, Klompas M, Luyt C-E. Ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults: A narrative review. Intensive Care Medicine. March 2020. doi:10.1007/s00134-020-05980-0

Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee (PIDAC). Annex B: Best Practices for Prevention of Transmission of Acute Respiratory Infection In All Health Care Settings. Toronto, ON: Public Health Ontario; 2013. https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/bp-prevention-transmission-ari.pdf?la=en 

Roquilly A, Marret E, Abraham E, Asehnoune K. Pneumonia prevention to decrease mortality in intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2015;60(1):64-75. doi:10.1093/cid/ciu740. [Erratum: Roquilly et al. Clin Infect Dis 2015; 60: 64-75]. http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/1/64.full.pdf