Practicing What We Preach: An Effort to Improve Safe Sleep of Hospitalized Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To prevent sudden unexpected infant death, pediatric providers recommend the ABCs of infant sleep: Alone, on the Back, and in an empty Crib. This study's objective was to document sleep practices of infants admitted to a large children's hospital, examine adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep guidelines, and develop interventions to improve guideline adherence.

Methods

We conducted a pre/post quality improvement study at a single quaternary care medical center from 2015 to 2019. Infants 0 to younger than 12 months were observed in their sleeping environment pre- and post-implementation of multiple hospital-wide interventions to improve the sleep safety of hospitalized infants.

Results

Only 1.3% of 221 infants observed preintervention met

SUBMITTER: Salada KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197363 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature