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and updatesRegister for the next online training course on the NeoIPC Surveillance toolkit (15 April 2024)
The NeoIPC Consortium will be holding the next online training course on the use of the NeoIPC Surveillance toolkit on 15th April 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 or...
New Surveillance and Data Privacy FAQ page published
The FAQ page is designed to offer information to healthcare professionals, hospital directors, legal advisors, ethics advisors, and parents who may want to learn more about the use of patient data during the performance of surveillance activities in neonatal units.
NeoIPC surveillance published on CORDIS EU Research Results platform
We are proud to announce that the surveillance toolkit developed by the NeoIPC Consortium has been featured in a CORDIS news article, Keeping infection at bay for high-risk newborns. CORDIS, which stands for Community Research and Development Information Service, is...
Rewatch the webinar: “The role of surveillance in preventing hospital-acquired infections among newborns”
The NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network successfully hosted a webinar on 23 November 2023, addressing the critical topic of surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in newborns. With 130 participants attending the online event, the discussion encompassed a range of...
NeoIPC 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...