Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Julia Johnson; Ibukunoluwa C Akinboyo; Joshua K Schaffzin

doi:10.1016/j.clp.2021.03.011

Infection Prevention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Clin Perinatol. 2021 Jun;48(2):413-429. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2021.03.011.

Authors

Julia Johnson¹, Ibukunoluwa C Akinboyo², Joshua K Schaffzin³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, 1800 Orleans Street, Suite 8534, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: jjohn245@jhmi.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University, 2301 Erwin Road, DUMC 3499, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45299-3033, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Abstract

Although many aspects of infection prevention and control (IPC) mirror institutional efforts, optimization of IPC practices in the neonatal intensive care unit requires careful consideration of its unique population and environment, addressed here for key IPC domains. In addition, innovative mitigation efforts to address challenges specific to limited resource settings are discussed.

Keywords: Central line–associated bloodstream infections; Disinfection; Environmental cleaning; Health care–associated infections; Low- and middle-income countries.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infection Control
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*

Grants and funding

K23 HD100594/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States