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Changing Heat and Moisture Exchangers Every 48 Hours Does Not Increase the Incidence of Nosocomial Pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Françoise Daumal ,
Eric Colpart ,
Benoît Manoury ,
Mercedès Mariani  and
Marc Daumal
Françoise Daumal
Affiliation:
Intensive-Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier, Saint-Quentin, France
Eric Colpart
Affiliation:
Intensive-Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier, Saint-Quentin, France
Benoît Manoury
Affiliation:
Intensive-Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier, Saint-Quentin, France
Mercedès Mariani
Affiliation:
Intensive-Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier, Saint-Quentin, France
Marc Daumal*
Affiliation:
Intensive-Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier, Saint-Quentin, France
*
Intensive Care Unit B9, Centre Hospitalier, 02100 Saint-Quentin, France
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Abstract

This prospective study was conducted to evaluate the risk of nosocomial pneumonia when changing heat and moisture exchangers every 48 hours in 1996 instead of every 24 hours in 1995 for patients needing continuous mechanical ventilation. Medical and surgical patients in the two periods did not differ in terms of demographic characteristics and markers of acute or underlying illnesses. The incidence density of nosocomial pneumonia was not different in the two groups. Extended heat and moisture exchanger use reduces circuit manipulation and cost.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , May 1999 , pp. 347 - 349
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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