Implementation of hospital acquired pneumonia prevention.

In this episode, Brett and Martin discuss a paper in the Lancet Infectious Disease with authors Dr Aline Wolfensberger and Professor Hugo Sax. We discuss preventing non-ventilator associate pneumonia including the determinants of implementation success.

Link to paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00812-X/fulltext

Dr Aline Wolfensberger is a medical doctor, certified in Internal Medicine and in Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology. She works at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology of the University Hospital Zurich with Professor Hugo Sax. Prof Hugo Sax is a Swiss ID physician who worked for the last 20 years as a leader in infection prevention and control.