Screening and Support for Infant Safe Sleep: A Quality Improvement Project.

Abstract

Infant sleep is an anticipatory guidance topic that is discussed frequently at well child checks, starting with the newborn visit. It is challenging to cover a large amount of information in a short visit. This article describes a quality improvement project implemented at a pediatric primary care practice to improve screening for infant safe sleep. The screening form was updated to include questions from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). This updated screening better captured actual sleeping practices, allowing for more targeted education.