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Surgery patients get oral hygiene kits to reduce pneumonia risk

In hopes of reducing the number of patients who come down with hospital-acquired pneumonia, insurance company Aetna is sending oral hygiene care packages to patients scheduled for an elective surgical ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia: Are you addressing the hidden issue affecting more patients at a greater cost than VAP?

Each year, approximately 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections occur in U.S. hospitals, affecting 5 to 10 percent of the nation’s hospitalized patients annually, according to the Centers for ...
Medscape

Oral Care Intervention to Reduce Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Neurologic Intensive Care Unit

The purpose of this PI project was to (a) define oral care policies at Summa Health System and (b) compare rates of VAP in patients on ventilators whose teeth were brushed three times a day (i.e., ...
Business Insider

Global Market Study on Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Prevention: Surging HAP Instances to Drive Robust Demand for Oral Care Kits

LONDON, June 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Persistence Market Research has recently conducted extensive study on the global hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) prevention market.HAP is the most common ...
DrBicuspid

Henry Schein donates oral health kits for troops, vets

Henry Schein has donated 1,500 oral health kits to active-duty U.S. troops and veterans in need. The donation was included in care packages from the Major Stuart Adam Wolfer Institute, a nonprofit ...