The prevention for HAP includes education of health-care workers about the epidemiology and infection-control procedures, and involve the workers in the implementation of interventions to prevent HAP by using performance-improvement tools and technique.  Disinfection and maintenance of equipment and devices, as well as preventive measures of person to person transmission, are part of the preventive recommendations given by the CDC for HAP.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia prevention
Community-acquired pneumonia primary prevention
Pneumonia prevention
Bacterial pneumonia secondary prevention
Respiratory failure secondary prevention
Aspiration pneumonia primary prevention
Respiratory failure primary prevention
Tuberculosis primary prevention