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and updatesNeoIPC launches new surveillance toolkit to bolster infection prevention and control efforts in NICUs
Padua, Italy – 9th November 2023 The NeoIPC Consortium is proud to announce the launch of a new surveillance toolkit to help neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) track and prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in high-risk newborns, including very preterm...
NeoDeco Country Investigator Meetings are underway!
On 19 October and on 3 November 2023, the NeoIPC WP2-TRIAL team successfully hosted two NeoDeco Country Investigator Meetings. One took place in Zurich, Switzerland, and the other in Thessaloniki, Greece, marking the beginning of a series of meetings involving the...
Webinar on surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in the NICU: registrations now open
Hospital-acquired infections pose a significant risk to the health and wellbeing of newborns, especially preterm babies. The NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network will be holding a webinar focusing on the role and potential of surveillance in preventing hospital-acquired...
New Africa CDC Legal Framework for Infection Prevention and Control to support IPC in African hospitals
Africa CDC has joined forces with African Union (AU) Member States, the Infection Control Africa Network, U.S. CDC, and the World Health Organization to establish an Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) legal framework for AU Member States. This framework represents...
ECDC publishes epidemiological update on Echovirus 11 infection in newborns
On 19 July 2023, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released an epidemiological update on the increase in severe neonatal Echovirus 11 (E11) infection among newborns in several European NICUs during the period between July 2022 and 2023.
Register for the launch of WHO Kangaroo Mother Care Global Position Paper and Implementation Strategy
The World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a webinar on 16 May, 15:30-17:00 CEST, to mark the of launch of two new policy and programmatic resources on kangaroo mother care (KMC) for premature and low birthweight babies. The resources include a global position...
NeoIPC Digest #5: April 2023
Review of: Cavallin F, Lupi F, Bua B, et al. (2021) Impact of personal protective equipment on neonatal resuscitation procedures: a randomised, cross-over, simulation study
Insights from the CPN webinar on outbreak management in neonatal intensive care units
On 9 March 2023, the NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network held a webinar titled “Protecting our tiniest patients: Strategies for managing NICU outbreaks”. The event was a great success, with over 75 participants joining from 17 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin...
NeoIPC Digest #4: March 2023
Review of: Härtel C, Faust K, Fortmann I, et al. (2020) Sepsis related mortality of extremely low gestational age newborns after the introduction of colonization screening for multi-drug resistant organisms
Register for the upcoming CPN webinar “Protecting our tiniest patients: Strategies for managing NICU outbreaks”
The webinar will be held on Thursday, 9 March 2023, from 17:00 to 18:30 CET. It will bring together neonatologists, neonatal nurses, infection prevention and control specialists and other healthcare professionals working in NICUs, linked through the NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network.
