On 26-27 November, NeoIPC hosted its first Implementation Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland, bringing together principal investigators and neonatal unit (NICU) staff from Greece and Switzerland participating in the NeoDeco study’s intervention arm. NeoDeco aims to...
Review of: Van Goethem S, Xavier BB, Glupczynski Y, et al. (2024) Genomic epidemiological analysis of a single-centre polyclonal outbreak of Serratia marcescens, Belgium, 2022 to 2023
The NeoIPC Consortium is thrilled to announce a significant milestone in the NeoDeco study: a first group of 10 NICUs have successfully completed the initial study phase and are now moving into the wash-in and intervention phase! NeoDeco is a European multicenter...
The Laboratory of Medical Microbiology at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, plays a crucial role in the NeoIPC project, acting as the central microbiology laboratory for its various studies, including the NeoIPC Colonisation Surveillance and NeoDeco. Recently, we...
We are pleased to announce that NeoIPC has partnered up with the Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies (UENPS) to conduct a comprehensive survey on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) practices in the NICU. The survey was developed with support from...
Every year, on September 13th, we observe World Sepsis Day, an important date in the calendar to raise awareness about sepsis – a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body's response to infection damages its own tissues and organs. In newborns, sepsis is...
The 9th Annual Conference of the International Neonatology Association will take place in Berlin, Germany from 5-8 December 2024. Over the years, INAC has brought together neonatology and perinatology clinicians, providing an international stage for sharing scientific...
The NeoIPC Consortium will be holding the next online training course on the use of the NeoIPC Surveillance toolkit on 23rd September 2024, 13:30-16:15 CEST. Are you a NeoDeco site PI or staff, a NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network member, or just an interested clinician...
On 5 July, from 11:00-13:00 and from 14:00-16:00, NeoIPC will hold an in-person workshop on the management of outbreaks in the NICU, titled “Dealing with outbreaks in neonatal intensive care”, at the joint UENPS-EFCNI conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Padova, 4 June 2024 - A new European multicenter study, named NeoDeco, will investigate whether optimised kangaroo care can reduce infection rates in preterm babies in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Over the next two years, the study will include 24 NICUs in 5...