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Hi I was just wondering what other units use to put on the infants nose region to prevent pressure areas occurring (even actual septum damage) from lon term use of prongs/ mask while on CPAP. Is there a product out there to use (eg like duoderm to co...

hi i was wonder what other units (nicu) policy or practice is on skin care (mainly aimed at extreme premature neonate (24 week and above). thanks mariann:monkeydance:

Hi our visiting policy got a hugh overhaul in 2006 Dec. when we had out breaks of ESBL in the unit. The visiting policy before was anyone can coming in to visit (mum or dad had to be present- can have 4 people at a time - the only restriction was chi...

Hi what are your breastfeeding policy in your units??? Do you also have a Kangaroo Care policy?? Do you get ventilated babies with UAC/ UVC's out for Kangaroo Care???

Is it possible to get a copy of your Kangaroo Care Policy??? Does it have evidence -based practice??? I'm trying to get an offical policy going. I'm doing my Lactation Consultant course next year so I'm very interested in this area ( also Breastfeedi...

Hi from Down Under- we are now into the end of spring here. This year we have many cases of RSV. Or visiting policy is strict parents/ grandparents and siblings. Only 2 visitors at a time ( we had a huge problem with ESBL in the unit so the visiting ...