TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of Respiratory Therapist Knowledge of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in King Abdulaziz Medical City JF - Respiratory Care VL - 65 IS - Suppl 10 SP - 3412583 AU - Razan Meteb Alotaibi AU - Rana Fawaz Almutairi AU - Maisa Ali Alqahtani AU - Norah Musaad Aljafn AU - Manal Abdulrahman Almasoud AU - Farhan Alenezi AU - Prachi Tambur AU - Winnie Philip Y1 - 2020/10/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/65/Suppl_10/3412583.abstract N2 - Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is defined as a pneumonia that develops more than 48 to 72 hours after endotracheal intubation. VAP incidence and mortality rates can be reduced dramatically by following VAP bundles. Since there are no studies that focused exclusively on critical care respiratory therapists’ knowledge, this study was conducted. The aim of this study is to assess the critical care respiratory therapists’ knowledge regarding evidence-based guidelines for preventing VAP. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Riyadh during June – August 2019. The participants were Respiratory Therapists working in the Critical Care area. To evaluate the level of critical care respiratory therapists’ knowledge regarding evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of VAP a valid and reliable questionnaire that consisted of 9 non-pharmacological strategies to prevent VAP was used. The data was analyzed using SPSS 22. Results: The study included 90 participants (72.2%) were males. Forty six percent were aged between 21-30 years and 53% had ≥ 7 years of experience. The results showed that the mean knowledge score of the participants was 4 questions out of 9 and the majority (56%) were below the average knowledge score. There was no significant relationship between gender and the knowledge score; however, statistical significance was observed between experience and the knowledge score (P =0.009). As the experience increases so does the knowledge score. Conclusions: The study concludes that critical care respiratory therapists’ knowledge in KAMC was below the average. In order to increase their knowledge, they need to focus more on educational programs to help reduce the incidence of VAP. ER -