This course is under development and is not accessible to all users.
Development status
Registration | Planning | Production | Beta testing | Alpha testing | Launch |
Complete: 08/09/2021 | Complete 04/11/2021 | Current Phase |
Overview
Suitable for anyone who works with neonates.
Takes 15-20 minutes
Certificate for completing this course
Takes 15-20 minutes
Certificate for completing this course
Updated NICE guidance was published on neonatal infection in April 2021. Their aim is to reduce the number of baby’s exposed to antibiotics unnecessarily, but to provide a conservative enough approach to their risk stratification, that infants who are unwell are identified early. The guideline also provides advice on infants at risk of delayed onset sepsis. This cohort will require a slightly different approach to assessment and management, which is detailed below.

Course director

Bex Treleaven
PaedsHub Digital Learning Fellow
ST3 Speciality Trainee in Paediatrics

Maria Tsakmakis
Consultant Neonatologist
North Bristol NHS Trust
Learning objectives
- Identify which babies are at risk of infection
- Identify who requires treatment and who can be monitored
- Identify the changes between the new guideline and the previous recommendations from NICE
- How to manage late onset neonatal infection
- Review the Kaiser Permanente calculator and NICE’s statements on its use