VAE surveillance enables facilities to identify a broad range of complications related to mechanical ventilation.

The VAE surveillance definition algorithm developed by the Working Group and implemented in the NHSN in January 2013 is based on objective, streamlined, and potentially automatable criteria that identify a broad range of conditions and complications …

Dec 26, 2024 · Welcome to Version 11.0 of the VAE Calculator. Version 11.0 operates based upon the currently posted VAE protocol. The Calculator is a web-based tool that is designed to help you learn how the VAE surveillance definition algorithm works and assist you in …

Oct 18, 2023 · Diagnostic test for influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, rhinovirus, human metapneumovirus or coronavirus.

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The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute care hospitals to prioritize and implement strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), ventilator-associated events (VAE), and non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) in adults, children, and neonates.

VAE surveillance definitions identify three syndromes: VAC, infection-related ventilator-associated complications (IVAC), and possible or probable ventilator-associated pneumonias

Description of illness: Ventilator Associated Events (VAEs) are a specific category of healthcare associated infections that are tracked through a national data base developed by and maintained by CDC and referred to as the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

Per the VAE surveillance protocol, only one VAE can be reported during each 14-day event period (where day 1 is the onset of worsening oxygenation). A previously detected VAE cannot be “upgraded” using information obtained outside of the original VAE window period.

Jul 30, 2014 · CDC has created a VAE calculator for its authorized agents to standardize their public health surveillance for VAEs. Why should you care about VAEs?