Prevention of Late Onset Sepsis and Central-line Associated Blood Stream Infection in Preterm Infants.

Aim: Late onset sepsis (LOS) and central-line associated blood stream infection (CLA-BSI) contribute toward the mortality and morbidity in prematurely born infants. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of hospital-wide and unit-based interventions on LOS and CLA-BSI in infants born at <32 weeks gestation.

Methods: Intensive care, high dependency days and catheter days were obtained from the unit database and blood culture results from a microbiology laboratory database.