In 2004, AHS-Calgary Zone implemented a number of
strategies targeting the prevention of VAP and observed a
concordant decrease in the incidence of VAP from 19 cases
per 1000 ventilator-days in 2002 to less than 9.8 cases per
1000 ventilator-days in 2007 [5].These strategieswere focused
on VAP prevention and did not address optimization of VAP treatment,whichhasnot previously been formally assessed in
our region