WHAT IS VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (VAP)? Intensive Care Hotline Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of pneumonia that develops at least 48 hours after a patient was intubated and placed on the mechanical ventilator. It's a preventable lung infection that can Reconsidering ventilator associated pneumonia from a new dimension of the lung microbiome eBioMedicine Reducing ventilator associated pneumonia in neonatal intensive care unit using VAP prevention Bundle: a cohort study BMC Infectious Diseases Springer Nature Link