Sunteți pe pagina 1din 38

VAEQuestionsandCaseStudies

CindyGross,MT,SM(ASCP),CIC

IPConsultant

March14,2014

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases


Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

Thefollowingexamplesareforillustration

purposesonlyandarenotintendedtorepresent

actualclinicalscenarios.

WhenshouldIusePNEU/VAPinsteadofVAE?

A.
B.

C.

D.
E.

Never alwaysuseVAE
Whensurveillanceistobeconductedinmechanically

ventilatedchildrenwhoareinpediatriclocations

Whensurveillanceistobeconductedforhealthcare
associatedpneumoniathatisnotassociatedwith
mechanicalventilation
B andC
Noneoftheabove

NHSN Lower Respiratory Events in 2014

VAP protocol is in use for in-plan surveillance in


pediatric locations (pedVAP)
In-plan neonatal VAP surveillance is no longer available as of
January 2014

PNEU definitions are still available for off-plan


surveillance of VAP in adults , children, neonates or
non-ventilated PNEU in adults, children or neonates.

WhenevaluatingpatientdatatoseeiftheIVAC
definitionismet,Ishouldfocusonly on
antibioticsthatareusedtotreatrespiratory
infections
A. Yes
B. No

IVACandAntimicrobialAgents

MeetingInfectionrelatedVentilatorAssociated
Complication(IVAC)definitiondoesnotmeanthatthe
infectionrelatedeventisnecessarilyrespiratoryinorigin.
TheIVACantimicrobiallistwasrefinedbyremovingselected
antimicrobialagentsthatwouldnotbeused,orwouldbe
unlikelytobeused,intreatingalowerrespiratoryinfection
inacriticallyillpatient.
Stillpossiblethatanexistingagentmayhavedualpurposes
andnotnecessarilybetreatingarespiratoryinfection.
Noneedtodiscernthereasonfortheadministrationofthe
antimicrobial.
Prophylaxis,deescalation,changewithinaclassofantimicrobialsis
notareasonforexclusion

WhenselectingthedailyminimumPEEPand
FiO2 foreachcalendarday..
1. Throwoutthelowestvalue
2. Choosethemostconsistent
value
3. Selectthevalueusingany
24hourtimeperiod
4. Choosethelowestvalue
thathasbeenmaintained
foratleast1hour

Choosethelowestsettingthathasbeen

maintainedforatleast1hour

WhenchoosingthedailyminimumPEEPandFiO2,use
allsettingsthatarerecorded duringtimeswhenthe
patientisreceivingsupportfromaneligiblemodeof
mechanicalventilationandthepatientiseligiblefor
VAEsurveillance
Includesettingscollectedduringweaning/mechanical
ventilationliberationtrialsaslongasthepatientisventilated
Useconventionalmechanicalventilationsettings
IncludeconventionalMVsettingsduringtimeswhenapatientis
intermittentlyonanexcludedmodeofventilation
IncluderecordedPEEPsettingsduringtimeswhenapatientisnoton
APRVorasimilarmodeofventilation.

Useacalendardaynotsomeothercaptureperiod
orotherdesignated24hourtimeperiod

DailyMinimumValues

Thepatientisintubatedat2pm.PEEPandFiO2 are
setatthefollowingvaluesthroughtheremainderof
thecalendarday.WhatarethedailyminimumPEEP
andFiO2 valuesforthecalendarday?
Time

2 pm

4 pm

6pm

8 pm

10 pm

12 am

PEEP
(cmH2O)

10

FiO2

1.0

0.60

0.40

0.50

0.55

0.60

WhatarethedailyminimumPEEPandFiO2?

1.
2.
3.
4.

5 and 0.40

8 and 0.60

5 and 0.50

10 and 1.0

Time

2 pm

4 pm

6pm

8 pm

10 pm

12 am

PEEP
(cmH2O)

10

FiO2

1.0

0.60

0.40

0.50

0.55

0.60

DailyMinimumValues
Thepatientisintubatedat6pm. PEEPandFiO2 are
setatthefollowingvaluesthroughtheremainderof
thecalendarday.WhatarethedailyminimumPEEP
andFiO2?
Time

6 pm

7 pm

8 pm

9 pm

10 pm

11 pm

PEEP
(cmH2O)

10

FiO2

1.0

0.60

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.60

WhatarethedailyminimumPEEPandFiO2?

1.
2.
3.
4.

5 and 0.40

8 and 0.60

10 and 1.0

5 and 0.60
Time

6 pm

7 pm

8 pm

9 pm

10 pm

11 pm

PEEP
(cmH2O)

10

FiO2

1.0

0.60

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.60

MeetingVACDefinition
Whatiftheincreaseoverthebaselineperiodmeets
therequirementrelativetoonebaselineday?
MV Day
1
2
3
4
5
6

Daily minimum
PEEP

Daily minimum
FiO2

10
7
5
8
8
8

100
90
90
50
50
50

1. VAC
2. NO VAC

MeetingVACDefinition

Whatifthereisanincreaseforonedayandthena
decrease?
MV Day

Daily minimum
PEEP

Daily minimum
FiO2

10

100

90

90

50

50

50

1. VAC
2. NO VAC

MeetingVACDefinition

VACorNoVAC?

MV Day
1
2
3
4
5
6

Daily minimum
PEEP

Daily minimum
FiO2

10
5
5
10
8
8

100
90
90
50
50
50

1. Yes
2. No

Discrepantchanges

PEEPgoesupbutFiO2 goesdown

MV Day
1
2
3
4
5
6

Daily minimum
PEEP

Daily minimum
FiO2

8
7
7
10
10
8

100
90
90
50
50
50

ApatientinmyICUmettheIVACdefinition.OntheVAE
EventDate,therewasalsoapositivebloodculturethat
grewPseudomonasaeruginosa.Thepatienthasacentral
line.Otherthanfever,therearenoother
signs/symptomsofinfection.HowshouldIreportthis
event?
A. ReportanIVAC(nopathogen)andevaluateto
seeifthepositivebloodcultureissecondaryto
anotherHAIorifitisaCLABSI(pathogen=PA)
B. ReportanIVAC(pathogen=PA)
C. ReportanIVACandsecondaryBSI
(pathogen=PA)
D. ReportaCLABSI(pathogen=PA)
E. ReportanIVAC(nopathogen)
F. Noneoftheabove

SecondaryBSIcanonlybereportedforpossibleorprobable
VAP
Organismsisolatedfromthebloodculturemustmatchanorganism
isolatedfromanappropriaterespiratorytractspecimenthatwas
usedtomeetthepossibleorprobableVAPdefinition
Bloodculturemustbecollectedduringthe14dayeventperiod

IfthebloodcultureisnotfoundtobesecondarytoVAElook
totheotherHAIdefinitions(includingPNEUandLRI)or
reportasaCLABSI
PossibleorprobableVAPmetbutnoorganismmatchand/orblood
culturenotcollectedduring14dayeventperiod
VAC,IVACorNoVAEdetected

IfIamconductingVAEsurveillanceinplan,I
needtoassessdailyminimumandmaximum
temperaturesforthefollowingpatients:
1. AllpatientsintheICU
2. AllpatientsintheICUwhoareona
ventilator
3. PatientswhoIhavedeterminedmeet
theVACdefinition
4. PatientswhohavemettheVAC
definitionandalsohaveanabnormal
whitebloodcellcount
5. Patientswhotheclinicalcare
providershavediagnosedwithVAP

CaseStudy1
A69yearoldfemaleisseenintheERwithanadmitting
diagnosisofcommunityacquiredpneumonia(CAP).Sheis
admittedtotheICUthesamedayonaventilator. Reviewher
ventilatorsettingsanddetermineifVAEcriteriaaremet.
1
2
3
4
5

Daily minimum
PEEP
8
6
5
6
6

Daily minimum
FiO2
100
50
50
40
70

6
7
8
9

6
5
5
5

70
60
70
60

MV Day

A. Yes
B. No

Whatspecificeventshouldbereportedforthispatient?

MV
DAY

Daily
minimum
PEEP

Daily
minimum
FiO2

Temp

100

38.0

WBC

ABX
Pip /
Tazo

ABX

Pip /
Tazo

50

39.0

50

37.6

4.9

40

38.6

5.8

70

39

5.8

70

38.8

5.4

60

38.0

5.4

70

60

Pip /
Tazo

Specimen

Polys
/Epis

Organism

Sputum

Scant NF,
Many Staph.
aureus

BAL

104 cfu/ml
S. aureus

VancoIV
VancoIV

VancoIV

VancoIV

Whatspecificeventshouldbereportedforthis
patient?
A. None,thepatienthadCAP
presentonadmission

B. PossibleVAP(pathogenSA)

C. ProbableVAP(PathogenSA)
D. VAConly

MV
DAY

Daily
minimum
PEEP

Daily
minimum
FiO2

Temp

100

38.0

WBC

ABX
Pip /
Tazo

ABX

Pip /
Tazo

50

39.0

50

37.6

4.9

40

38.6

5.8

70

39

5.8

70

38.8

5.4

60

38.0

5.4

70

60

Pip /
Tazo

Specimen

Sputum

Polys
/Epis

Organism

Scant NF,
Many Staph.
aureus

VancoIV
VancoIV
BAL
VancoIV

VancoIV

104 cfu/ml

S. aureus

CASE1Recap

PatientsarenotexcludedfromVAEsurveillancedueto
admittingdiagnosis,presenceofunderlyingconditionsor
developmentofcomplications
EligiblepathogensidentifiedduringtheVAEwindowperiod
aretobeusedtodetermineifpossibleorprobableVAP
definitionscanbemetevenifthesameorsimilarpathogen
wasidentifiedpriortotheeventdetection
Daysbetweenadministrationofthesamenewantimicrobial
agentcountasQADsaslongasthereisagapofnomore
than1calendarday.

CaseStudy2
A17yearoldfemalewithcysticfibrosisisadmittedtotheadult
medicalICUwhereinplanVAEsurveillancehasbeenselected
inthemonthlyreportingplan.Sheisplacedontheventilator
onhospitalday5.Basedonthefollowingfindingsdoyouneed
toreportanythingtoNHSN.

CaseStudy2DoyouneedtoreportanythingtoNHSN?

MV Day

PEEP min

FiO2mi
n

Temp min

Temp max

WBC min

WBC max

Abx

Speci-men

Polys /
Epis

Organism

----

----

----

--

--

--

6
6
6

50
50
50

37.0

37.9

5.4

5.4

None
None
None

7.5

80

36.5

37.3

7.2

9.2

None

1
2

7.5

80

36.3

38.9

7.4

8.4

None

BAL

25 /
10

75
75

37.2

38.5

8.5

8.8

7.5
6

Yes
Yes

---

---

104 cfu/ml
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
---

75

Yes

Blood

--

Staph aureus

15

6
8
8
6
6
6
6

60
80
80
60
60
60
60

--------

--------

--------

16

7.5

85

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

--

--

--

17

7.5

85

No

--

--

--

10
11
12
13
14

CaseStudy2
1. NothingtoreporttoNHSN
2. ProbableVAPwithasecondaryBSI
(pathogensPA,SA)
3. ProbableVAP(pathogenPA)
4. ProbableVAP(pathogenPA)and
perhapsasecondaryBSItoanother
HAIsiteorCLABSI(pathogenSA)
5. ProbableVAP(pathogenPA)anda
CLABSI(pathogenPA)

MV Day

PEEP min

FiO2mi
n

Temp min

Temp max

WBC min

WBC max

Abx

Speci-men

Polys /
Epis

Organism

50

None

--

--

--

50

None

--

--

--

50

37.0

37.9

5.4

5.4

None

--

--

--

7.5

80

36.5

37.3

7.2

9.2

None

--

--

--

104 cfu/ml

80

7.5

36.3

38.9

7.4

8.4

None

BAL

25 /
Pseudomonas
10

aeruginosa

Yes

--

--

--

75

Yes

--

--

--

75

Yes

Blood

--

Staph aureus

60

Yes

--

--

--

80

Yes

--

--

--

80

Yes

--

--

--

60

Yes

--

--

--

60

Yes

--

--

--

60

Yes

--

--

--

60

No

--

--

--

16

7.5

85

--

--

--

17

7.5

85

--

--

--

7.5

75

10

11

12

13

14

15

Event Period (14 Days )

37.2

38.5

8.5

8.8

No
No

CaseStudy2Recap
AllpatientsinanadultlocationwhereVAEwasselectedin
themonthlyreportingplanareincluded
EventDay4(firstdayofonsetofworseningoxygenation)
VACmetinFiO2 parameter,donotroundupvalues
VAEWindowPeriodislimitedto4days,VACandIVAC
definitionsaremet
Bothpurulentrespiratorysecretionsandthequantitative
culturecriteriaaremettosatisfytheProbableVAP
definition
Bloodcultureiscollectedwithinthe14dayEventPeriodbut
therespiratoryandbloodculturepathogensdonotmatch
therefore,looktodetermineifanotherHAIdefinitionismet
forsecondarybloodstreaminfectionattributionandifnot
thenreportasCLABSI

CaseStudy3
AnelderlygentlemanisadmittedtothetraumaICU
followingamotorvehicleaccident.Hehadbeen
intubatedinthefieldandtherewassomeconcernof
aspirationuponintubation.Giventhefollowing
information,identifyallevents.

CaseStudy3Identifyevent(s)andMVdayof
event(s)
PEEP

FiO2m

Temp

Temp

WBC

WBC

min

in

min

max

min

max

1
2
3
4

6
6
6
8

30
30
30
30

37.1
36.8
37.0
36.5

37.6
37.2
37.9
37.3

4.3
4.6
5.4
7.2

35

36.3

37.2

50

37.2

50

8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

6
6
8
8
6
6
6
6
7
7

40
40
40
40
30
30
30
60
60
85

MV Day

PATIENT

Abx

Specimen

Polys /
Epis

Organism

4.3
4.6
5.4
9.2

None
None
None
None

-----

-----

-----

7.4

12.5

None

--

--

--

37.9

8.5

13.0

Yes

BAL

25 /
10

104 Enterococcus

37.8

37.3

--

--

Yes

BC x2

--

Enterococcus

37.2
37.5
37.4
37.2
37.3
37.2
37.0
37.2
37.3
37.2

37.9
37.9
37.1
37.9
37.5
37.8
37.7
37.9
37.5
37.8
-----

-9.7
9.6
9.4
9.5
8.2
8.6
9.4
13.0
------

-11.7
10.9
9.4
9.5
8.2
8.6
12.1
13..5
-------

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
None
None

------------

------------

------------

EXPIRES

Yes
Yes
Yes
-----

Identifytheevent(s)andMVday

1.
2.
3.
4.

MVDay6 ProbableVAP

MVDay6 PossibleVAP

MVDay15 VAC
MVDay15 ProbableVAP

CaseStudy3

VACMVDay15

PEEP

FiO2m

Temp

Temp

WBC

WBC

min

in

min

max

min

max

1
2
3
4

6
6
6
8

30
30
30
30

37.1
36.8
37.0
36.5

37.6
37.2
37.9
37.3

4.3
4.6
5.4
7.2

35

36.3

37.2

50

37.2

50

8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

6
6
8
8
6
6
6
6
7
7

40
40
40
40
30
30
30
60
60
85

MV Day

PATIENT

Polys /
Epis

Abx

Specimen

4.3
4.6
5.4
9.2

None
None
None
None

-----

7.4

12.5

None

BAL

37.9

8.5

13.0

Yes

--

--

--

37.8

37.3

--

--

Yes

BC x2

--

Enterococcus

37.2
37.5
37.4
37.2
37.3
37.2
37.0
37.2
37.3
37.2

37.9
37.9
37.1
37.9
37.5
37.8
37.7
37.9
37.5
37.8
-----

-9.7
9.6
9.4
9.5
8.2
8.6
9.4
13.0
------

-11.7
10.9
9.4
9.5
8.2
8.6
12.1
13.5
-------

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
None
None

------------

-------- 4 QAD
-requireme
nt
-not met
--

------------

EXPIRES

Yes
Yes
Yes
-----

---- 25 /
10

Organism
----104 Enterococcus

CaseStudy3Recap

EventDay15(firstdayofonsetofworseningoxygenation)
VAEWindowPeriodisDay13,14(twodaysbefore),Day15
(eventday),Day16,17(twodaysafter)
AbnormalWBCdocumentedduringVAEWindowPeriodbut
only3QADsareobservedpriortothepatientexpiring
Baselineperiodofstabilityisnotestablishedearlyin
mechanicalventilationepisode
NoVAC,NoIVAC,NoPossible/ProbableVAP

CaseStudy3
FocusonidentifyingVAC
Noneedtocollectother

parametersinadvance

Usingaculturedriven
surveillanceapproachisnot
usefulforVAE

MV Day

PEEP
min

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

6
6
6
8
8
8
6
6
6
8
8
6
6
6
6
7
7
PATIENT

FiO2

min

30
30
30
30
35
50
50
40
40
40
40
30
30
30
60
60
85
EXPIRES

Questions

THANKYOU!

nhsn@cdc.gov

For more information please contact Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333
Telephone, 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348
E-mail: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
Web: www.cdc.gov
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official
position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases


Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

S-ar putea să vă placă și