NIH CLINICAL CENTER GRAND ROUNDS
Episode 2010-17
Time: 58:42
Recorded May 5, 2010

The Role of Oral Microbiome in the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Nancy J. Ames, RN, PhD, CCRN
Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing and Patient Care Services, CC

Patrick R. Murray, PhD
Chief, Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, CC

Naomi O'Grady, MD
Staff Clinician, Critical Care Medicine Department, CC

ANNOUNCER: iscussing Outstanding Science of the Past, Present and Future - this is NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds.

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ANNOUNCER: Greetings and welcome to NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds, recorded May 5th, 2010 at America's Clinical Research Hospital, the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Today, three speakers from the NIH Clinical Center will discuss "The Role of Oral Microbiome in the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia." Our first speaker will be Dr. Nancy J. Ames, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Nursing and Patient Care Service of the Clinical Center. She will be followed by Dr. Patrick R. Murray, chief of the Microbiology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine at the NIH Clinical Center, and Dr. Naomi O'Grady, staff clinician in the Critical Care Medicine Department at the Clinical Center.

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We take you to the Lipsett Ampitheater at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland for today's presentation.

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