Resources

Clinical Practice Network
This repository contains a selection of guidance documents, recommendations, training courses and other resources on the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in neonatal units. All resources are publicly accessible and can be downloaded for free.

Newest additions

Webinar recording

The role of surveillance in preventing hospital-acquired infections among newborns, NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network (English)

Legal Framework

Infection Prevention and Control Legal Framework, Background and Annotations (2023), Africa Centres Of Diseases Control And Prevention (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

Slide Set

The role of surveillance in preventing hospital-acquired infections among newborns, NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network (English)

Policy Brief

Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control (2022), Africa Centres Of Diseases Control And Prevention (English)

Guidelines, recommendations and guidance

Europe

Good IPC practice for the cleaning and handling of incubators and equipment in neonatal units, British Association of Perinatal Medicine (English)

Optimal Arrangements for Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the UK (2021), British Association of Perinatal Medicine (English)

Neonatal Infection Control Policy, East of England Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (English)

London Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (ODN) infection prevention & control guidance for colonisation or infection with multi-drug resistant bacteria, London Neonatal Operational Deliver Network (English)

National Infection Prevention and Control Manual: Addendum for Infection Prevention and Control within Neonatal Settings, NHS National Services Scotland (English)

Infection prevention and control: incubators on neonatal units, UK Health Security Agency (English)

WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant, World Health Organization (English)

Bakterielle Infektionen bei Neugeborenen – 6. Infektionsprävention, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften e.V. (Deutsch)

Management der parenteralen Arzneimitteltherapie auf neonatologischen Intensivstationen – Positionspapier einer interdisziplinären Arbeitsgruppe, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie e.V., Bundesverband Deutscher Krankenhausapotheker e.V. & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene e.V.  (Deutsch)

Good handling practice of parenterally administered medicines in neonatal intensive care units – position paper of an interdisciplinary working group, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie e.V., Bundesverband Deutscher Krankenhausapotheker e.V. & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene e.V. (English)

Empfehlung zur Prävention nosokomialer Infektionen bei neonatologischen Intensivpflegepatienten mit einem Geburtsgewicht unter 1500 g, Robert Koch Institute (Deutsch)

Prävention von Gefässkatheter-assoziierten Infektionen bei Frueh- und Neugeborenen, Robert Koch Institute (Deutsch)

Africa

Infection Prevention and Control Legal Framework, Background and Annotations (2023), Africa Centres Of Diseases Control And Prevention (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish)

Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control (2022), Africa Centres Of Diseases Control And Prevention (English)

North America

Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design, Ninth Edition (2019), Consensus Committee on Recommended Design Standards for Advanced Neonatal Care (English)

Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients: Staphylococcus aureus (2020), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (English)

Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients: Central Line-associated Blood Stream Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (English)

Latin America

Update of the Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of Kangaroo Mother Programs in Colombia, with emphasis on nutrition for premature or low birthweight newborns (2017), Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia (English)

Actualización de los Lineamientos Técnicos para la implementación de Programas Madre Canguro en Colombia, con énfasis en la nutrición del neonato prematuro o de bajo peso al nacer (2017), Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social Colombia (Español)

Guías de práctica clínica Basadas en Evidencia para la Óptima Utilización del Método Madre Canguro en el Recién Nacido Pretérmino y/o de Bajo Peso al Nacer (actualización) (2017), Fundación Canguro (Español)

Recomendaciones para los programas madre canguro ante la pandemia COVID-19 (actualización) (2020), Asociación Colombiana de Neonatología (Español)

Surveillance

Protocol, data collection sheets and training materials for Infection Surveillance for Neonatology, NeoIPC Consortium (English)

Webinar recording: “The role of surveillance in preventing hospital-acquired infections among newborns”, NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network (English)

Other resources

International

Slide Set – Insights from webinar “Protecting our tiniest patients: Strategies for managing NICU outbreaks”, NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network (English)

Slide Set – Insights from webinar “The role of surveillance in preventing hospital-acquired infections among newborns”, NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network (English)

Slide Set – Infection Prevention and Control at Neonatal Intensive Care Units, UNICEF (English)

Podcast – People Fixing the World: Kangaroo care for premature babies, BBC World Service (English)

Online course – Infection Prevention and Control in Maternal and Neonatal Care Course, World Health Organisation (English)

Online tool – StrategEase Tool, The Center for Implementation (English)

North America

Checklist – NICU Suite of Quick Observation Infection Prevention Tools, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (English)

Latin America

Flyer – Folleto Educativo: Estimulación durante los primeros 3 meses de vida, Fundación Canguro (Español)

Flyer – Folleto Educativo: Estimulación entre los 3 y 9 meses, Fundación Canguro (Español)

Flyer – Folleto Educativo: Estimulación entre los 9 y 18 meses, Fundación Canguro (Español)

Flyer – Plegable: ¿Que debe hacer la familia canguro?, Fundación Canguro (Español)

Asia

Guide – Improving Care of Mothers and Babies – A guide for improvement teams, Survive & Thrive Global Development Alliance (English)