Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP): Why is it so difficult to define? In real world practice: The diagnosis of VAP remains more an exercise in clinical integration than strict adherence to criteria. Use and Application of the Ventilator Associated Event (VAE) Protocol The best infection prevention strategy isn't a broad spectrum antibioticit's removing the Foley forgotten on yesterday's rounds. Healthcare associated infections like CAUTI, CLABSI, and VAEs drive massive excess mortality and cost. Prevention requires a Ventilator Associated Events (VAE) and Hospital acquired Pneumonia: File:VAE, VAP and PNEU Definition Changes for 2015.webm Wikimedia Commons