1862 Implementation of the Dutch Guideline for the Care of Extreme Preterms: "The Learning Curve"

Background and Aims The Dutch multidisciplinary evidence based guideline on treatment decisions of infants born with a gestational age of at least 24 weeks was released in autumn 2010. The implementation of this guideline on the NICU of the Women’s and Children Clinic/Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam the Netherlands was a complicated process. Methods A multidisciplinary workgroup, 5 nurses, 5 neonatologists and a pharmacist composed a phased implementation procedure which consisted of the following activities: A multidisciplinary meeting before and 10 months after implementation; Existing... Mehr ...