Establishing innovative approaches for optimal infection prevention of resistant bacteria in NICUs by integrating research, implementation science and surveillance in a sustainable global platform

Project Information

NeoIPC

Grant agreement ID: 965328

DOI

10.3030/965328

EC signature date 18 February 2021

Start date 1 April 2021

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost

€ 9 999 816,75

EU contribution

€ 9 999 816,75

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Italy

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

Educational videos
NeoIPC Webpage

Documents, reports (5)

Training material for the incidence surveillance, the interpretation of the results and possible QI actions

Training material for the incidence surveillance the interpretation of the results and possible QI actions

Review on standardised methods and approaches for surveillance of neonatal infections
Surveillance manual for the core set and possible amendments

Surveillance manual for the core set and possible amendments202f202f

2nd Clinical practice network report
1st Clinical practice network report: first annual report on members and activities of clinical practice network,

1st Clinical practice network report first annual report on members and activities of clinical practice network

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Prototype for a free internet-based data collection and reporting platform for the core set

Other (1)

Released free internet-based data collection and reporting platform for the core set

Publications

Conference proceedings (7)

Descriptive interim analysis of the sampling strategy in anonymous repeated cross-sectional samples in European neonatal intensive care units (NICU)

Author(s): Golhen, Klervi; Gotta, Verena; Pfister, Marc; Bielicki, Julia
Published in: 2023
Publisher: 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8063574

Antibiotic use in neonatal care: measuring cumulative exposure in point prevalence surveys identifies high infant-level antibiotic exposure (jENS presentation)

Author(s): Cook, Aislinn, and the NeoIPC Consortium
Published in: 2023
Publisher: jENS Congress
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10082040

Optimising kangaroo care to reduce neonatal severe infection/sepsis and resistant bacterial colonisation among high-risk infants in neonatal intensive care: a pragmatic, multicentre, parallel cluster randomised hybrid implementation–effectiveness trial (NeoDeco) (jENS congress)

Author(s): Jennifer Martin, Aislinn Cook, Dr Julia Bielicki, and the NeoIPC Consortium
Published in: 2023
Publisher: jENS Congress
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10082128

Antibiotic use in neonatal care: measuring cumulative exposure in point prevalence surveys identifies high infant-level antibiotic exposure

Author(s): Aislinn Cook, Julia Bielicki, and the NeoIPC Consortium
Published in: 2023
Publisher: European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8063733

Kangaroo care as a potential infection prevention and control (IPC) measure in neonatal intensive care units

Author(s): Schlaeppi, Chloé; Bielicki, Julia
Published in: 2023
Publisher: 41st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8063611

Infection prevention and control practices in neonatal units participating in the NeoIPC project

Author(s): Chloé Schlaeppi, Julia Bielicki, and the NeoIPC Consortium
Published in: 2021
Publisher: European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8063714

O32 Using rapid qualitative inquiry for implementation support in a multinational study on infection prevention and control in neonatal intensive care

Author(s): Nyantakyi E, Schultes M-T, Bielicki J, Metsvaht T, Clack L & the NeoIPC consortium
Published in: Proceedings of the 5th UK Implementation Science Research Conference, Issue Volume 18 Supplement 1, 2023
Publisher: Implementation Science

Peer reviewed articles (3)

All-cause mortality and infection-related outcomes of hospital-initiated kangaroo care versus conventional neonatal care for low-birthweight infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Chiara Minotti, Kerstin Jost, Soheila Aghlmandi, Chloé Schlaeppi, Elske Sieswerda, C Henri van Werkhoven, Sven M Schulzke, Julia A Bielicki
Published in: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Issue 9, 2025, Page(s) 470-483, ISSN 2352-4642
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(25)00130-0

Investigating the implementation of infection prevention and control practices in neonatal care across country income levels: a systematic review

Author(s): Emanuela Nyantakyi, Julia Baenziger, Laura Caci, Kathrin Blum, Aline Wolfensberger, Angela Dramowski, Bianca Albers, Marta Castro, Marie-Therese Schultes, Lauren Clack
Published in: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, Issue 14, 2025, ISSN 2047-2994
Publisher: BMC Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-025-01516-7

Implementation of infection prevention and control for hospitalized neonates: A narrative review

Author(s): Emanuela Nyantakyi, Laura Caci, Marta Castro, Chloé Schlaeppi, Aislinn Cook, Bianca Albers, Joel Walder, Tuuli Metsvaht, Julia Bielicki, Angela Dramowski, Marie-Therese Schultes, Lauren Clack
Published in: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2022, ISSN 1469-0691
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.11.007