Abstract
Purpose: Traditional management of asymptomatic full term neonates with risk factors for early-onset sepsis has potentially negatively affected maternal-infant bonding and breastfeeding success. Beginning in January 2016, the Lenox Hill Hospital NICU adopted new evidence-based early-onset sepsis guidelines for the evaluation of asymptomatic full term neonates. While the length of stay in the NICU was decreased to just hours in some cases, overall antibiotic utilization did not decrease. In June 2017, the guidelines were modified using the Kaiser Permanente Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Calculator to further stratify risk of sepsis. Infants …
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