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Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year 2019
Throughout the year we could witness your commitment in raising awareness for the needs of preterm babies and their parents, in addressing issues and hence, in improving newborn care. This really is a driving force to us. Now, at the end of an eventful and truly remarkable year, we are looking back on what we achieved for children born too soon and their families. This was made possible thanks to your support. Let us recall and celebrate some of these…
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11 months – 11 topics – lighthouse highlights in 2018
As part of our communication motto "11 months – 11 topics" in 2018, we introduced the concept of lighthouse projects. Every month, we featured one or more lighthouse projects. These are projects realised by members of our network or others active in neonatal care. They can be a source of inspiration, a motivator or a role model for other organisations. We compiled a summary of lighthouse highlights in 2018: How to implement hygiene measures in a hospital – and foster…
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Neonatologie der Zukunft – neue Wege gehen: EFCNI Jubiläumskonferenz setzt neue Impulse
Am Freitag, 30. November und Samstag 1. Dezember 2018, lud EFCNI anlässlich des 10-jährigen Stiftungsjubiläums, zur ersten eigenen neonatologischen Fachkonferenz in das Klinikum Dritter Orden, München. Das Symposium, im historischen Vortragssaal des Münchner Klinikums, versammelte an zwei Tagen, über 100 Experten aus fachübergreifenden Disziplinen der Bereiche Pflege- und Gesundheitsberufe, Klinikverwaltung und der medizinischen Qualitätssicherung, um gemeinsam Themen des Qualitätsmanagements im Gesundheitswesen, innovative Methoden der Surfactant Applikation (LISA), ethische Fragen in der Palliativmedizin bei schwerstkranken Neugeborenen sowie Möglichkeiten, die familienzentrierte Versorgung auszubauen,…
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The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health are published
This set of standards will have an impact on future generations in Europe and beyond, setting a new benchmark for the care of preterm and ill babies. Five years after the project’s kick-off, EFCNI in the role of the project lead, gave a reception with panel discussion at the Representation of the Free State of Bavaria to the European Union on 27 November. Along the slogan: “Newborn Health Reloaded. Shaping our babies’ future”, around 100 project members, stakeholders, medical experts…
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Munich Olympic Tower goes purple to celebrate World Prematurity Day
On November 17, once again, many buildings all over the world were gleaming in purple to celebrate World Prematurity Day (WPD) to raise awareness for the challenges preterm babies and their families have to face worldwide. Purple lightings and the typical sock-line with 9 white baby socks and one smaller purple baby sock have become widely used symbols of World Prematurity Day. This year, for the first time, one of the most famous landmarks of Munich, the Olympic Tower, was…
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Nedoklubko launches campaign “Help us with a heart” at World Prematurity Day festivities in Prague
For the eighth time, our Czech partnering parent organisation Nedoklubko, has hosted and organised a conference in anticipation of World Prematurity Day 2018 at the prestigious Žofín Palace in Prague, Czech Republic. 150 neonatal nurses participated in this year's conference which dealt with Psychology and Communication, two important aspects in the worklife of a neonatal nurse. Moreover, Nedoklubko also launched their new campaign “Help us with a heart”, where crocheted hearts, together with an uplifting message from a clinical psychologist, are given…
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New translations of position paper on camera systems in the NICU available
The position paper Camera systems for live streaming in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is now available in English, Spanish, and Hungarian. It is based on the results of a project roundtable with well-known clinical experts from hospitals in Germany and Austria, organised by EFCNI. View more and download the position paper
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RSV – a respiratory virus that can become dangerous for preterm babies
Interview with Prof Luc J.I. Zimmermann Prof. Zimmermann, in adults, how does a typical course of infection with RSV look like and how frequent is it? RSV infections are very common, and, just like the influenza virus, RSV appears during flu season, in the coldest and wettest months of the year. In healthy adults, an RSV infection shows only mild symptoms similar to the common cold, like a running nose or a sore throat, and normally does not need to…
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How colostrum banking can help breastfeeding newborns at risk
Expressing first milk before birth and feeding it to a newborn is called colostrum banking. Dr Vökt from the Women’s Hospital in Grabs, Switzerland, gave us an interview explaining in which cases colostrum banking is indicated and what the benefits are. Interview with Dr Cora Vökt What exactly is colostrum banking and how does it work in practice? Colostrum is a special term for the milk that is produced by the maternal mammary gland during the first days after childbirth…
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Lighthouse project hospital hygiene: How to implement hygiene measures in a hospital – and foster compliance
The WHO campaign Clean Your Hands aims to improve awareness of the importance of hand hygiene in health care and to actually promote change and reduce the number of infections in hospitals worldwide. To find out how this campaign was implemented in a local hospital, we interviewed Dr Axel von der Wense, Head of the Neonatal and Intensive Care unit at the Altonaer Children’s Hospital. An interview with Dr Axel von der Wense, Altona Children’s Hospital, Hamburg, Germany The Altonaer…
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