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This document provides strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in acute care hospitals. It outlines the high burden of VAP, including increased mortality, prolonged ventilation and hospitalization. Risk factors include prolonged intubation and underlying illness. General prevention strategies are conducting active surveillance, adhering to hand hygiene, minimizing ventilation duration and using weaning protocols. Maintaining patients in a semirecumbent position reduces the risk of aspira

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