Cindy L. Munro, RN, PhD, ANP-C, authored an article in the 2009 American Journal of Critical Care, titled “Chlorhexidine, Toothbrushing, and Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Critically Ill Adults.” The study examined the effects of mechanical, pharmacological and combination oral care on the development of VAP among critically ill patients. Munro is a professor of nursing at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing in Richmond, Virginia, and co-editor of the American Journal of Critical Care.
