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and updatesNeoIPC Digest #4
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.
NeoIPC Digest #3
Review of: WHO Immediate KMC Study Group, Arya S, Naburi H, et al. (2021) Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight
NeoIPC Digest #2
Review of: Brooks B, Olm MR, Firek BA, et al. (2017) Strain-resolved analysis of hospital rooms and infants reveals overlap between the human and room microbiome
NeoIPC Clinical Practice Network kicks off its activities
On World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022, NeoIPC kicked off its activities related to the Clinical Practice Network (CPN). The CPN brings together clinicians from over 35 neonatal intensive care units in Europe, Africa and South America, who share enthusiasm for...
NeoIPC supports EFCNI’s 2022 World Prematurity Day campaign
Each year, on 17 November, we celebrate World Prematurity Day – an important date in the calendar to raise awareness about the challenges of preterm birth, and to honour the preterm born babies and their families. This year, NeoIPC has joined the European Foundation...
NeoIPC Digest #1
Review of: Dramowski A, Pillay S, Bekker A, et al. (2021) Impact of 1% chlorhexidine gluconate bathing and emollient application on bacterial pathogen colonization dynamics in hospitalized preterm neonates – A pilot clinical trial
#MeetTheExperts: Gizem Karadağ
#MeetTheExpert Gizem Karadağ, junior physician and researcher at Charité (Berlin). Thanks to her expertise, she contributes to the NeoIPC project by developing a surveillance structure for infection prevention and control monitoring in neonatal intensive care units.
#MeetTheExperts: Jose Ignacio Pijoan Zubizarreta
In the first interview of the #MeetTheExperts series, let’s hear from Jose Ignacio Pijoan Zubizarreta, who works at Osakidetza – Basque Health Service (Servicio Vasco de Salud).
The perfect storm for babies to become colonized
In October 2021 we met with Dr. Julia Bielicki, the NeoIPC Scientific coordinator, who told us about why we need more projects to investigate interventions that are specific to babies.