We have no protocoll on our neonatal unit for skin to skin, it is done on an adhoc basis, with different members of staff. I am looking to gather information to put together guidelines for skin to skin for our unit, to include NICU and High Dependency/Special Care Would anyone be willing to share their guidelines and experiences with me
2 Comments - This is my hospital's policy on when infants temporarily cannot participate in skin to skin: A. Infants requiring > 40% FiO2 on a ventilator, SiPAP or CPAP
I am looking for other units' guidelines/protocols regarding ELBW skin care; specifically what is being done to protect the most fragile skin and prevent skin breakdown
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We have a policy to wear gloves for a specific population in the NICU (<1250gm or/& < 30wks), all IV care (peripheral or central) & any body fluid contact. There is a push to wear gloves all the time for all patients with any contact, the only skin to skin touch will be with the parent when they visit
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Any policy or practices out there re oral care. What do you use sterile water and breastmilk, when and how often etc Thanks
2 Comments - Our unit just wrote a policy based on articles printed in Advances in Neonatal Care. Breast milk will be swabbed in the baby's mouth with every hands on care every three or four hours
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Hi, I am looking for good resource to learn Wound and Stoma care in neonate. Please, email me if you know
Universe of Developmental Care Blog Post Not sure how many of you are familiar with this conceptual model, but, please take a moment to check out this post. I look forward to your comments! Take care and care well!
Remember, if you put a chemical on the skin, it can be absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream. The best rule when it comes to infant skin products: If you could not feed the substance to a baby (not that you WOULD feed it to a baby) don't put it on their very thin skin!
We have researched changing our practice to involve performing daily skin wipe down with CHG wipes on the older infants (> 2 months) who have a central line. We have found that this can help with decreasing infections that are on the skin from contaminating the central line