Nosocomial or hospital acquired infections threaten the survival and neurodevelopmental
outcomes of infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit, and increase cost of care …

Nosocomial infections are responsible for significant morbidity and late mortality among
neonatal intensive care unit patients. The number of neonatal patients at risk for acquiring …

Nosocomial infections are among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in neonatal
intensive care units. Prevention of healthcare-associated infections is based on strategies …

Neonatal sepsis causes a huge burden of morbidity and mortality and includes bloodstream,
urine, cerebrospinal, peritoneal, and lung infections as well as infections starting from burns …

Nosocomial sepsis is a frequent complication of caring for very low birth weight infants and
incidence varies substantially among centres. Many cases are preventable. An organized …

In the neonatal intensive care unit population the nosocomial infection rate is highest in the
lowest-birth-weight infants. It is this group of infants who require the most therapeutic …

Objective. Six neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) that are members of the Vermont Oxford
National Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Collaborative for Neonatology collaborated …

Neonates represent a unique and highly vulnerable patient population. Advances in medical
technology that have occurred over the last few decades have improved the survival and …

Good infection control remains the mainstay of prevention of healthcare-associated
infections in neonatal intensive care units. Whether in resource-rich or resource-poor …

The risk of nosocomial infection in full term neonates cared for in well-baby nurseries can be
minimized if personnel adhere to fun-damental infection control principles. Neonates who …