🟢 HOT TOPICS 2025 COVERAGE - The work of quality improvement in the NICU
The Incubator Channel · 8 Dec 2025 · 8 min
Summary
Dr Kavya Rao (University at Buffalo) discusses NICU quality improvement work, including antibiotic stewardship by stopping antibiotics at 24 hours in well infants with negative cultures and reducing red cell and platelet transfusions using lower thresholds. She also covers how to identify QI topics through clinical interest and benchmarking with Vermont Oxford Network data, mentoring fellows in QI, and the Tiny Baby Collaborative.
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