A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Skin-to-Skin Care Duration in Preterm Neonates.

Background: Skin-to-skin (STS) care effectively improves neonatal outcomes, particularly for preterm neonates. However, utilization of STS remains suboptimal for the most vulnerable preterm neonates in the first 4 weeks of life. This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to increase STS duration for neonates under 35 weeks gestation.