Includes only VAPs that develop 48 hours after the patient was placed on a ventilator in a hospital’s ICU. Includes only ICU patients, 18 year and older, who are mechanically ventilated.
The VAP Rate is the number of ICU patients (18 years and older) with new VAP per 1,000 ventilator days. Ventilator days are the number of days spent on a ventilator for all patients in the ICU, 18 years and older.