sofiam

sofiam has 6 years experience and specializes in neonatal.

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1. Prevent Hypothermia PT

   sofiam posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi everyone! My unit only receives PT > 32w but soon will start receiving PT >28 w. Based on your experience, what strategies, material and equipment do you use and prefere to prevent heat loss...

2. OG tube

   sofiam replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   But aren´t the new borns nasal respirators !? Doesn´t the NG tube make them more difficult to

3. neonatal transfusion policy, PLEASE HELP

   sofiam replied to oletirednurz's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Sorry about this question, but there is any cientific reason for

4. OG tube

   sofiam posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   HI! How often do you change your OG

5. Do you put tubbing and connections from central lines outside the incubator?

   sofiam replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi! That´s exactly what we do here...And all our preparations and changes are sterile and made by 2 nurses in the afternoon shift every 24hours... All the connections are protected with a sterile...

6. Do you put tubbing and connections from central lines outside the incubator?

   sofiam posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Hi! I know that some units put their tubbing and connections from central lines outside the incubator, because of the humidity and warm environment inside that may help bacterias coloninzing them......

7. How do you warm your bottle - feeding?

   sofiam replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   But how long does it take to warm a 90 ml of formula in a

8. How do you warm your bottle - feeding?

   sofiam replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We warm it because like I give you more news when the machines starts working in our

9. How do you warm your bottle - feeding?

   sofiam replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   The machine supposedly will be always working - 24h/7d! - because its not individual for each baby, you may warm about max. of 10 bottles at the same time. And the machine has a termostat that keep it...

10. How do you warm your bottle - feeding?

    sofiam posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In our unit If it is just a litlle of milk, we do it under the warm water but if dont we do it on the microwave, but i and my colleagues dont agree and im trying to change it .... We now have the...

11. Developmental care

    sofiam posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hi| whats your opinion and experience about the results of using this kind of philosophy in nicu? and what about the team; do they had adhered well when it was implemented? were doing " developmental...

12. How to treat umbilical cord?

    sofiam replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We do tub baths with the cord still on.After the bath we put 70º alcool

13. How to treat umbilical cord?

    sofiam posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    HI! I my unit we use alcool 70º once a day, after the bath, but i´ve been reading some contradiction literature... Some says to dont apply anything, others to apply iodopovidone, clorhexidine, ......

14. How to deal with RSV

    sofiam posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    HI! Our Kids (comming for home after discharge) with respiratory infections are all in to goticula isolation measures. Most of them after cultures reveals RSV. And we kept the goticula isolation...

15. Nosocomial infection control

    sofiam replied to sofiam's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hi! When you change your vent tracheas, gastric tube,babys incubator, - q72h, q 5d, q 7d,