Implementing Oral Care Bundle on Critical Care Nurses' Practice and Mechanically Ventilated Patients' Outcomes

Launched by MANSOURA UNIVERSITY · Apr 22, 2022

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Critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care units (ICUs) frequently require ventilatory support as a life-saving therapy (Modrykamien, 2019). Mechanical ventilation (MV) is required for those patients as their ability to breathe is impaired secondary to trauma, recent surgery, or a medical condition (Zhao et al., 2020). Ventilation is provided via tracheal intubation which can be an entry point and place of bacteria colonization and causes many complications such as ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and oral infections (Anggraeni, Hayati, \&Nur'aeni, 2020).

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Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion criteria
• • Adult patient \> 18 years old.
• • Orally intubated mechanically ventilated patients for at least 48 hours.
• • Exclusion criteria
• Patients will be excluded from the study if they have:
• • A clinical diagnosis of pneumonia at the time of admission and/or a modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score of 6 or greater.
• • Contraindication to oral care intervention such as severe oral trauma, oral ulcerations, facial fractures, or unstable cervical fractures.