Implementation of optimized kangaroo care for infection prevention and control in neonatal intensive care units (NeoIPC): Protocol for the implementation elements of a multicenter parallel cluster randomized hybrid type 2 implementation-effectiveness study
Authors: Schultes MT, Baenziger J, Nyantakyi E, Wu CX, Ferrari G, Sieswerda E, van Werkhoven CH, Minotti C, Wolfensberger A, Tediosi F, D’Ambrosio F, Bielicki JA, Clack L, and the NeoIPC Consortium.
Published in: Implementation Science
Methodological framework for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in high-risk infants: the NeoIPC surveillance core module protocol
Authors: Karadağ G, Bekker A, Dramowski A, Loureiro Gonzalez B, Pérez López J, Pijoan Zubizarreta JI, Heath PT, Aghdassi SJS, Piening B.
Published in: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 19 February 2026
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Hospitalised infants in Europe are at greater risk of colonisation with antibiotic-resistant genes when sharing wards with other colonised infants
Authors: Cook A, Berkell M, Smith DRM, van Werkhoven H, Sieswerda E, Minotti C, et al. on behalf of the NeoIPC Consortium. (Presented by Minotti C)
Presented at: University of Basel Clinical Research Day 2026
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Risk factors for antibiotic resistant bacterial colonisation in European Neonatal Units – results of the NeoIPC feasibility study
Authors: Minotti C, Cook A, Berkell M, Bielicki J, on behalf of the NeoIPC Consortium.
Presented at: jENS Congress 2025
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Mortality and infection-related outcomes in low birth weight infants receiving Kangaroo Care: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Minotti C, Jost K, Aghlmandi S, Schlaeppi C, Sieswerda E, Van Werkhoven H, Schulzke S, Bielicki J.
Presented at: ESPID 2025
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All-cause mortality and infection-related outcomes of hospital-initiated kangaroo care versus conventional neonatal care for low-birthweight infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Minotti C, Jost K, Aghlmandi S, Schlaeppi C, Sieswerda E, Van Werkhoven H, Schulzke S, Bielicki J.
Published in: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
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Risk factors for resistant bacterial colonisation in 24 European neonatal units in the NeoIPC project
Authors: Cook A, Berkell M, Malhotra-Kumar S, Bielicki J, on behalf of the NeoIPC Consortium
Presented at: ESCMID Global 2025
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Pool-testing for surveillance of key bacterial resistance genes in infants’ stools
Authors: Minotti C, Bräm D, Cook A, Berkell M, Bielicki J; and the NeoIPC Consortium
Presented at: ESCMID Global 2025
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Dynamics of gastrointestinal colonisation by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in high-risk infants in Swiss and Greek neonatal intensive care units
Authors: Braspenning A, Timbermont L, Van Heirstraeten L, Berkell M, Cook A, Sieswerda E, van Werkhoven CH, Bielicki JA, Malhotra-Kumar S; on behalf of the NeoIPC Consortium.
Presented at: ESCMID Global 2025
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A simulation study of antimicrobial resistance carriage in neonatal intensive care units: implications for cluster-randomised trials
Authors: van Werkhoven CH, Berkell M, Cook A, Sieswerda E, Malhotra-Kumar S, Bielicki JA, by the NeoIPC consortium
Presented at: ESCMID Global 2025
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