Healthcare-associated infection (HCAI), also known as nosocomial infection, is one of the main causes of adverse events in the neonate. Despite current infection control policies and practices and ongoing education programmes for healthcare workers, HCAI infection rates within the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) continue to increase, often with devastating results. This review of the litera...

OBJECTIVE Rooming-in, the practice of caring for mother and newborn together in the same room immediately from birth, is preferred for the general postpartum population but is not yet standard practice of care for newborns of substance-using women. Such newborns are usually separated from their mothers and admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit and treated for substance withdrawal if necess...

Sensory intervention, one aspect in the occupational therapy treatment of the high-risk, preterm infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), is discussed. Normal deviations in the healthy preterm baby's development at the equivalent age of the full-term baby are identified as a basis for intervention. Environmental factors affecting the preterm infant's interactions and therapeutic needs...

We read with great interest the papers on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) prophylaxis in preterm infants by Öncel et al.1 and the seasonal variations of RSV infections in Turkey by the Turkish Neonatal Society2. Öncel et al.1 suggested that, although administration of palivizumab did not have any cost benefit, a reduction in hospitalization rates in association with palivizumab treatment was ...

Candida parapsilosis is an increasingly important bloodstream pathogen in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). We investigated a cluster of bloodstream infections in a NICU to determine whether nosocomial transmission occurred. During a 3-day period, 3 premature infants hospitalized in the same unit presented with sepsis caused by C. parapsilosis. Electrophoretic karyotype of the organisms was...

Neonates hospitalized in intensive care units, are exposed to a higher risk of infectious complications. The research involved 52 neonates hospitalized in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Chair and Clinic of Obstetrics and Perinatology over a span of one year. The incidence of hospital infections as well as etiological factors were analyzed. Clinically manifested hospital infections wer...

Effective diagnosis and clinical management of placenta accreta (PA) in China are not clear. The purpose of the study was to analyze the risk factors and diagnosis of PA, maternal and neonatal outcomes in patients with PA. It was a retrospective study of cases with PA, confirmed by histologically and/or clinically suspected during 3 years in 2 tertiary referral hospitals. The incidence rate of ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to explore and describe the coping experiences of parents to children admitted to a neonatal unit. METHODS A qualitative research approach was chosen, using in-depth interviews with eight fathers and eight mothers. RESULTS The main findings were that parents with previous complicated births had more difficulties in coping compared to those parents with n...

Background: Family members of the new born admitted to neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of hospitals are stressed and in are in undue anxiety. Aims: What are the health care needs of preterm neonates admitted to NICU as perceived by the mothers. Materials and methods: Thirty mothers whose preterm child was being provided care in NICU were studied. An interview questionnaire tool was applied ...

198. Evaluation of Antibiotic Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): from an Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) perspective Joseph Ting, MBBS, FRCPC, MPH; Karen Ng, BSc Pharm, PharmD; Simon Dobson, MD, FRCPC; Peter Tilley, MD, FRCPC; Horacio Osiovich, MD, FRCPC; Don Hamilton, BSc Pharm; Srinivas Murthy, MD, FRCPC; Ashley Roberts, MD, MEd, FRCPC; Pediatrics, University of British Columbia,...