Quality improvement initiative to reduce late-onset sepsis in very low birth weight preterm infants: a multicenter study from the Brazilian network on neonatal research
The project reduced LOS in most centers, although some clinical practices still need improvement. It demonstrates a reproducible, low-cost strategy with the potential to guide other neonatal units facing high sepsis incidence.
Authors
- Daniela Marques de Lima Mota Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1378-3051)
- Maria Regina Bentlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7310-0895)
- Lígia Maria Suppo de Souza Rugolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-0740)
- Clarissa Gutiérrez Carvalho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-4197)
- Fernanda Pegoraro de Godoi Melo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0725-6602)
- Edna Maria de Albuquerque Diniz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9697-1084)
- Gabrielle Barcellos Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9779-1798)
- R Yoshida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5811-0702)
- Silvia Cwajg
- Jamil Pedro de Siqueira Caldas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5292-2320)
- Maria das Graças Coelho de Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5512-2871)
- Maria Eduarda Sartori Gurgel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5383-4120)
- Suely Dornellas do Nascimento
Institutions
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
- Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (BR)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Maranhão (BR)
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (BR)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Jornal de Pediatria
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2025.101459
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00