Improving thermoregulation in transported preterm infants: a quality improvement initiative.

Objective: Increase the percentage of transported preterm or LBW infants with an admission temperature of 36.5-37.5 °C from 60 to 80% by December 2017.

Utilization of a Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Calculator to Guide Initial Newborn Management.

Unlabelled: Within our hospital system, all infants born to mothers with chorioamnionitis were directly admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for evaluation and treatment of presumed sepsis for a minimum of 48 hours, regardless of clinical appearance. Implementation of a risk-stratification system for thesWe high-risk infants based on the early onset sepsis (EOS) calculator may decrease NICU admissions and antibiotics exposure in well-appearing neonates.

Methods: We used The Model for Improvement as a framework for designing this initiative.