Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ( VAP ) : * Head of the bed elevation : maintain the head of the bed elevated ( 30 40 ) * Daily sedation interruptions and assessment VAP Bundle Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ( VAP) is a lung infection that occurs in patients who are on mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. A VAP bundle is a set of PDF] The CDC PNU 1 criteria for diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia Semantic Scholar Frontiers Prevalence of ventilator associated pneumonia and bacterial isolates in mechanically ventilated dogs