San Diego—Consistent application of an evidence-based bundled approach (Table) reduced the number of days critically ill patients were mechanically ventilated, lowered the incidence of ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP), and cut patients’ length of stay (LOS) in both the ICU and the hospital.
That was the conclusion of a study that used the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM’s) “ICU Liberation ABCDEF Bundle,” which has been found to improve outcomes