Abstract
Restricting visitors on the neonatal intensive care unit to parents only during a worldwide pandemic resulted in a 39% reduction in nosocomial viral respiratory tract infections in neonatal patients. These findings need validating in a prospective trial.http://ow.ly/i8t430n2c2v
Highlights
To the Editor: Viral respiratory tract infections (VRTIs) are more prevalent in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
No studies have explored the impact of planned visitor restrictions on NICU nosocomial VRTIs
We aimed to study the impact of planned NICU winter visitor restrictions during the H1N1 pandemic
Summary
To the Editor: Viral respiratory tract infections (VRTIs) are more prevalent in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We and others have previously reported nosocomial VRTIs can cause significant morbidity [3], in preterm infants, including escalation of respiratory support, longer hospital stay, increased requirement for home oxygen and greater healthcare costs [1, 4].
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