A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Skin-to-Skin Care Duration in Preterm Neonates
Palanikumar Balasundaram,
Melissa Frascone,
Samantha Wnukowski
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND
Skin-to-skin (STS) care effectively improves neonatal outcomes, particularly for preterm neonates. However, utilization of STS remains suboptimal for the most vulnerable preterm neonates in the first 4 weeks of life. This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to increase STS duration for neonates under 35 weeks gestation.
METHODS
The QI initiative was conducted in a 35-bed level IV NICU within a teaching hospital … Show more
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