Guideline
Guideline: managing possible serious bacterial infection in young infants when referral is not feasible
- Early-onset sepsis
- Infection
- Late-onset sepsis
- Medical
- Nursing
- Postnatal and transitional care
This guideline is from 2015, more than five years ago. Check whether a newer version exists and which version your unit follows.
Summary
This WHO guideline addresses management of possible serious bacterial infection in neonates and young infants aged 0–59 days when hospital referral is not feasible or is declined, mainly in resource-limited settings. Developed using GRADE-assessed systematic reviews, it covers outpatient management with simplified antibiotic regimens for infants with fast breathing or clinical severe infection, while reaffirming inpatient care as preferred and urgent referral after pre-referral treatment for critically ill infants. It also discusses community health worker roles, postnatal home visits, training, supervision, monitoring, antimicrobial resistance surveillance and research priorities.
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