Early and consistent safe sleep practices in the neonatal intensive care unit: a sustained regional quality improvement initiative.


Journal

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
ISSN: 1476-5543
Titre abrégé: J Perinatol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8501884

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 18 05 2023
accepted: 12 12 2023
revised: 17 11 2023
medline: 23 1 2024
pubmed: 23 1 2024
entrez: 22 1 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

To increase compliance with standardized safe sleep recommendations for patients in a cohort of regional level III/IV neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in accordance with recently revised guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A regional quality improvement (QI) initiative led by a multidisciplinary task force standardized safe sleep criteria across participating NICU sites. Universal and unit-specific interventions were implemented via Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles with evaluation of compliance through routine crib audits, run chart completion, and Pareto chart analysis. Following QI implementation, compliance with safe sleep guidelines for eligible NICU infants improved from 34% to 90% from October 2019 through September 2022. Compliance with early, consistent modeling of safe sleep practices nearly tripled in this cohort of regional NICUs. A standardized, timely approach to safe sleep transition demonstrated dramatic and sustained improvement in the practice and modeling of safe sleep behaviors in the NICU.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38253677
doi: 10.1038/s41372-023-01855-6
pii: 10.1038/s41372-023-01855-6
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.

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Auteurs

Stephanie K Napolitano (SK)

Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Division of Neonatology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

Nicole L Boswell (NL)

Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Patricia Froese (P)

Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Rebecca D Henkel (RD)

Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Maria E Barnes-Davis (ME)

Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Danielle K Parham (DK)

Perinatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Danielle.Parham@cchmc.org.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Danielle.Parham@cchmc.org.

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