Improving Early Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Fleiss N, Morrison C, Nascimento A, Stone D, Myers E. Improving Early Colostrum Administration to Very Low Birth Weight Infants in a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2023, 260: 113421. PMID: 37076038, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLevel 3 neonatal intensive care unitNeonatal intensive care unitIntensive care unitOral immune therapyQuality improvement initiativesCare unitVLBW infantsOutcome measuresHuman milkLow birth weight infantsMultidisciplinary quality improvement initiativeBirth weight infantsSecondary outcome measuresElectronic health record usePrimary outcome measureLow birthweight infantsImprovement initiativesHealthcare Improvement's ModelWeight infantsOIT protocolImmune therapyBirthweight infantsColostrum administrationSignificant improvementBaseline meanReducing MRSA Infection in a New NICU During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Barrett R, Fleiss N, Hansen C, Campbell M, Rychalsky M, Murdzek C, Krechevsky K, Abbott M, Allegra T, Blazevich B, Dunphy L, Fox A, Gambardella T, Garcia L, Grimm N, Scoffone A, Bizzarro M, Murray T. Reducing MRSA Infection in a New NICU During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatrics 2023, 151 PMID: 36625072, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2022-057033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive MRSA infectionsInfection prevention strategiesMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMRSA infectionOutcome measuresPrevention strategiesCOVID-19 pandemicMultidisciplinary quality improvement initiativeLevel IV NICUSubsequent invasive infectionsMRSA colonization rateCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicHealthcare Improvement's ModelQuality improvement initiativesDisease 2019 pandemicEffectiveness of interventionsPersonal protective equipmentSupply chain shortagesHospitalized neonatesInvasive infectionsPatient daysSkin colonizationHand hygieneMost NICUsNICU