Participants’ experience of training courses and their adherence to protocols
| Items | Frequency | Percentage |
| 1. Have you passed any nosocomial infection control training courses? | ||
| Yes | 217 | 89.7 |
| No | 25 | 10.3 |
| 2. If the answer to the previous question is Yes, specify the time. * | ||
| The last 6 months | 116 | 53.7 |
| Between the last 6 months to 1 year | 70 | 32.4 |
| More than a year | 30 | 13.9 |
| 3. Have you had VAP prevention training? | ||
| Yes | 109 | 45 |
| No | 133 | 55 |
| 4. If the answer to the previous question is Yes, specify the time. | ||
| The last 6 months | 33 | 35.8 |
| Between the last 6 months to 1 year | 46 | 42.2 |
| More than a year | 24 | 22 |
| 5. Do you follow a specific procedure or protocol for preventing VAP?* | ||
| Yes | 201 | 83.4 |
| No | 40 | 16.6 |
| 6. If the answer to the previous question is Yes, specify the protocol. | ||
| Oral care protocol | 8 | 4 |
| Suctioning protocol | 29 | 14.4 |
| Hand hygiene protocol | 43 | 21.4 |
| All three protocols | 89 | 44/2 |
| Oral care and suctioning protocols | 4 | 2 |
| Oral care and hand hygiene protocols | 4 | 2 |
| Suctioning and hand hygiene protocols | 24 | 12 |
| 7. Do nurses report periodically to authorities about the number of patients with VAP? | ||
| Yes | 82 | 33/9 |
| No | 160 | 66/1 |
| 8. Have you been asked, directly or by the Nursing and Medical Administrators, to use VAP prevention procedures? | ||
| Yes | 89 | 36/8 |
| No | 153 | 63/2 |
*There was a missing data.