Hospital-acquired pneumonia stands among the most prevalent and fatal patient complications encountered during hospital stays. Despite advances in decreasing ventilator-associated pneumonia rates, non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NVHAP) remains a silent, yet potent, adversary often overlooked in patient safety strategies. A distinction worth noting is that NVHAP develops in non-ventilated hospital patients, unlike its counterpart, ventilator-associated pneumonia.…