Protocol for a prospective cohort study: Prevention of Transmissions by Effective Colonisation Tracking in Neonates (PROTECT-Neo).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Transmissions of opportunistic bacterial pathogens between neonates increase the risk of infections with negative repercussions, including higher mortality, morbidity and permanent disabilities. The probability of transmissions between patients is contingent on a set of intrinsic (patient-related) and extrinsic (ward-related) risk factors that are not clearly quantified. It is the dual objective of the Prevention of Transmissions by Effective Colonisation Tracking-Neo study to determine the density of transmission events in a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to identify risk factors that may be causally associated with transmission events.

Methods and analysis

A full cohort of patients treated in a 17-bed level III NICU will be prospectively fol

SUBMITTER: Gotting T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507848 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature