VAE Is the New VAP Respiratory Therapy Brady Part: 57993 LSS VAP AMMONIA LOW Pipe Marker BradyID.com Brady Part: 145877 HG VAP AMMONIA HIGH Pipe Marker BradyID.com Effective Strategies for Reducing VAEs and VAP in the ICU Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP): Stop ordering a culture and hoping for the best. The right respiratory sample, collected at the right time and reported with interpretation, changes treatment. Here's what matters : Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ( VAP ) : * Head of the bed elevation : maintain the head of the bed elevated ( 30 40 ) * Daily sedation interruptions and assessment