Improving Time to First Feeding for Preterm Infants: A Quality Improvement Approach
This quality improvement project increased the proportion of eligible infants fed within 24 hours of birth without a change in the incidence of NEC or an increase in formula use as first feeding.
Authors
- Sagori Mukhopadhyay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5851-8414)
- Samuel J. Garber
- Michael A. Posencheg
- Karen Marie Puopolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5581-8825)
- Michael L. May (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7265-4394)
- Melissa A. McKinney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8171-7534)
- Alicia Hussey
- Danielle Cestare
- Alvaro Barboza Zevallos
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Quality and Safety
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000798
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.48