Clinical Audit Process for the Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in In nurses working in the evening shift at General Wards of Imam Reza Hospital

Increasing the prevalence of ventilator- associated pneumonia following the onset of ill-treatment in the public sector has made it more obvious that there is a need for interventions such as clinical audits to reduce the prevalence of this hospital infection. Therefore, this study aims to examine the clinical audit process in preventing Ventilator- associated pneumonia has been performed in nurses of the era of general wards of Imam Reza Hospital in Tabriz in 2018.

This is a clinical trial study based on a clinical audit process and 30 nurses with a minimum degree of undergraduate degree in working age shifts were entered into the study by available sampling method. The performance of all nurses in the field of prevention of ventilator- associated pneumonia was measured based on the prevention of ventilator- associated pneumonia checklist before and after the intervention. The intervention was the formation of a class, the placement of a poster on top of each bed, and giving nurses a pamphlet; it should be noted that intervention was included in the checklist mentioned in the checklist and explained each item.

The clinical audit process in the present study has significantly improved the performance of nurses after intervention (score 16.80 ± 2.11 before the intervention and score 24.49 ± 3.81 after intervention). Also, there was a significant relationship between the shift of the evening and the positive effect of education (P = 0.02). Discussion and

Clinical Audit is an essential way to bring services closer to care standards. Therefore, it is suggested to nursing directors and hospitals to always seek clinical testing as a solution to quality care