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Program Cohort

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia/Ventilator-Associated Events (VAP/VAE): Recruiting now

For more information about the program, please see the Program FAQs.

Eligible Units

Adult intensive care units (ICUs) across the United States with at least five beds. Units must also be inpatient, overnight-stay units (i.e., patients stay overnight, predominantly more than 48 hours).

Intensive Care Units

Medical cardiac critical care
Medical critical care
Medical-surgical critical care
Neurological critical care
Neurosurgical critical care
Oncology (ONC) medical critical care
ONC medical-surgical critical care
ONC surgical critical care
Respiratory critical care
Surgical cardiac critical care
Surgical critical care
Trauma critical care

How Can I Learn More?

For more information about the program, please read our FAQs or register to attend an upcoming informational webinar. The webinar recording, transcript, and slides are available below.

Date	Time	Registration Link
Wed, Mar. 25, 2026	10—10:30 a.m. ET	https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9y_Lz5ZWRgC2iFlmHguGOw
Wed, Apr. 15, 2026	1—1:30 p.m. ET	https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0wk5GFujTvyQz-NANuYRgQ
Tues, Apr. 28, 2026	10—10:30 a.m. ET	https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hItmzOb5SgCo8UgB2lZ48g
Mon, May 11, 2026	1—1:30 p.m. ET	https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MQai_DtgTBqqFAybOr7w3A
Wed, May 20, 2026	10:30—11 a.m. ET	https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RBzOKiTcSXaOfGEag9g8CQ
Tues, June 2, 2026	11—11:30 a.m. ET	https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YmEq3AuDR0arLiW8nUavww
Tues, June 23, 2026	3—3:30 p.m. ET	https://norc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7gxgRMf8RUWUwozX9Fo1tw

Join the Program | VAP/VAE | AHRQ Safety Program for HAI Prevention

Program Cohort

Eligible Units

How Can I Learn More?

VAP/VAE Informational Webinar Materials