Reduction in the incidence of VAP and mortality rates in the ICU after implementation of hand hygiene education protocols and extensive ICU reconstruction work

Table 1 Mortality in crude ICU patients and trauma patients with VAP

	Mortality of all patients (%)	Incidence of patients with VAP/mortality (%)	Incidence of trauma VAP patients/mortality (%)
Group 1 (n = 201, control)	44.3%^#	10.4/67.6	15.9/57.1
Group 2 (n = 191, protocol)	32.5%**	5.2/40.0*	8.9/0*

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