Figure 1.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates over 54 months. The first twelve months are the historical period. The intensivist-led critical care team concept was implemented 60 days before year 1 of the project (month 11 of the historical period), and FAST-HUG was initiated at the beginning of year 2 of the project (month 25). A time series analysis demonstrated a significant difference in VAP rates between months 1–24 and 25–54, p = .0004. P ≤ .05 was considered statistically significant.