UNDERSTANDING NICU OUTBREAKS: PT 1

Outbreaks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit environment, whether bacterial or viral, are not limited to 'third world' or low-resourced nations.


Medical case studies into these occurrences reveal a number of elements, including sources of spread, measures that have been used to control spread, and the duration of outbreak periods.


We took a look into some of these aspects.


Alicia Boucher has the details in this report, "Understanding NICU Outbreaks".