VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is pneumonia that develops 48 hours or longer after mechanical ventilation is given by means of an endotracheal tube or Dr. Aditya Rana Partners in the Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Strategies in the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia Diego J. Maselli, Marcos I. Restrepo, 2011 Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Ventilator associated pneumonia: A lung infection that can occur in people who are on mechanical ventilation,