All healthcare providers involved in the care
of patients requiring mechanical ventilation should
be educated about and take an active role in VAP
prevention, as multidisciplinary teams, who are
well educated about infection control measures, are
more successful in VAP prevention37,38. However,
the translation of decades of research showing the
effectiveness of VAP-prevention strategies into clinical
practice has proven to be challenging. Studies conducted
amongst ICU physicians and nurses reveal that only 37
and 22.3 per cent of these care providers respectively
follow published recommendations for prevention of
VAP39,40. Care bundles have been proposed to address
this gap in implementation of guidelines but studies to
date have been inconclusive.