Ventilator-associated Event (VAE)
Surveillance for ventilator-associated events in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) prior to 2013 was limited to VAP. For the year 2012, VAP incidence for various types of hospital units ranged from 0.0-4.4 per 1,000 ventilator days [6]. However, there is currently no valid, reliable definition for
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