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Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients.

August 1, 2017

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality . August 2017.

Patients requiring mechanical ventilation are at risk for ventilator-associated complications. This toolkit was developed to help staff in intensive care units use AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) principles to reduce complications from mechanical ventilation, including ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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