The NICU: Small patients pose big infection risks
Briefings on Infection Control, June 1, 2008
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Neonatal ICU (NICU) patients are at the top of the list of patients at high risk of developing infections. “Neonates are incredibly vulnerable [to infection],” says Alicia Budd, an ICP at The Children’s Center of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Most of the children in the NICU are very premature, very low-birth-weight babies with immature immune systems. And as part of their treatment, these patients often need invasive devices that put them at further risk for infection.
The following are some important issues you should focus on in the NICU to help reduce the risk of infection.
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