Infection control protocol in NICU suitable for a peripheral newborn care unit
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
With the make in India initiative by the Govt. of India, neonatal care should see a paradigm shift. The present system of purely conservative approach must shift to high end professional and preventive approach towards the management of neonatal cases, as cost of equipment both consumables and non consumables are likely to come down across the board. Effective means of infection control in NICU can be established, once the journey of a microbe from the environment to the susceptible infant is understood. The microbes enter the NICU via visitors and health care workers (HCW’S) and proliferate in susceptible sites. They are spread to he neonate via contaminated equipment and contaminated hands of the HCWs. Once the babies are colonized, the organisms then enter through their umbilical cord and skin during procedures such as venous access, parenteral fluids, enteral feeds, intubation and suctioning of endotracheal tube.
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Prabhakar Patro, Nakul Kothari, NC Mohanty
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