BPA Questions

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Pacifiers

Yo Parents! Please visit our Gumdrop Pacifier resources

Gumdrop Pacifier web site
Gumdrop Pacifier blog

Pacifier Published Studies and Articles
Do Pacifiers Reduce the Risk of SIDS? A Meta-analysis, Pediatrics 2005

Pain Protocols, Clinical Policies, Published Studies and Articles

Pediatrics Journal: Prevention and Management of Pain in the Neonate

Sucrose Protocols, Clinical Policies, Published Studies and Articles

Sucrose Protocol 1
Sucrose Protocol 2
Sucrose Protocol 3 Washo Medical Center
Cochrane Review: Sucrose for Analgesia in Newborn Infants Undergoing Painful Procedures
Neonatal Pain Management With Oral Sucrose: 2003 Update, Regina Grazel, RNC, MSN, CNS, C
Analgesic Properties of Oral Sucrose During Routine Immunizations at 2 and 4 Months of Age

VAP Prevention Protocols, Clinical Policies, Published Studies and Articles

VAP Prevention Protocols and Bundles

All documents are provided with hospital permission. PowerPoint and Word documents are included so hospitals can easily copy and edit.
Please download and modify to meet the needs of your hospital.

Please send your comments, modificatiions and additional protocols to:
Read McCarthy, President -
Hawaii Medical, LLC
Telephone: 800.596.1555 | 786.826.5565

 

VAP Education Program

   

ZAP The VAP... Helping To Guard Your Babies Against Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: 1.0 Contact Hour

This one-hour program references CDC guidelines, professional literature and surveys, reviews cost and mortality statistics, presents diagnosis and prevention protocols (bundles) from other hospitals.

The program helps familiarize health care professionals with the pathophysiological basis of VAP and prevention measures to reduce the incidence of infections in the NICU and PICU.

Approved for:
• Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE): 1.0 contact hour by the American Association for Respiratory Care
• Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) Category A: 1.0 contact hour by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

For more information on running this free program at your hospital contact Hawaii Medical at: email

   VAP References

Antibacterial Activity of Biotene™ and CPC against Microbes Commonly Associated with VAP
The Difficulty of Diagnosing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Nosocomial infections in a Dutch neonatal intensive care unit
Improving Oral Care in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
Oral Care Reduces Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in ICU Populations
Oral decontamination is cost-saving in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Extremely Preterm Neonates in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients: Risk Factors and Outcomes
CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Guidelines For Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003 (Note: 179 pages)
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in the NICU: Clinician's Awareness, Practices and Diagnostic Techniques - Survey of Practioners at 84 Different Hospitals

 

  
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