HIGHLIGHTS
- •Hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP) is the most prevalent healthcare associated infection in the UK, placing a significant burden on healthcare with an associated increase in mortality and hospital length of stay.
- •At University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), using a dental nurse reduced the prevalence of non-ventilated-HAP (NV-HAP) on several wards by delivering basic mouth care education to healthcare workers.
- •A Poisson regression model of the number of NV-HAPs demonstrated that the mean number of HAPs per 1000 bed days on four wards before the intervention was 63.5, whilst after the intervention it was 5.95, comprising a 90.63% reduction (p = 0.03851).
- •In conclusion, a basic mouth care intervention by a dental nurse may reduce NV-HAP. Given this promising data, further studies are required to investigate the efficacy of this intervention on a larger scale.
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