TY - JOUR
T1 - European Standards of Care for Newborn Health-A project protocol
AU - Lindacher, Verena
AU - Altebaeumer, Philine
AU - Marlow, Neil
AU - Matthaeus, Valerie
AU - Straszewski, Iris Nikola
AU - Thiele, Nicole
AU - Pfeil, Johanna M.
AU - Zimmermann, Luc J.
AU - Mader, Silke
AU - European Standards of Care for Newborn Health project members
N1 - Funding Information:
Selected industry representatives could join the Chair Committee meetings as observers. They did not have voting rights and their role was limited to sharing their knowledge and expertise without exerting influence. The financial support served to cover the coordination, administration and dissemination costs of the project at EFCNI. EFCNI, chairs and authors were solely responsible for exercising full control on the project's strategy, the development, content, voting on, design or dissemination of the standards. The chairs and authors involved in the project worked voluntarily without receiving honoraria.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Foundation Acta Pædiatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2021/5
Y1 - 2021/5
N2 - Aim Among children who receive hospital care, preterm infants are Europe's largest group, whose numbers are continually increasing. Currently, no pan-European standards of care for preterm or critically ill infants are available, except for a few specific topics, and practices vary widely in different regions.Methods The European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) has initiated a transdisciplinary collaboration project to provide agreed standards for high-quality perinatal and neonatal care, whose implementation will ensure fairer and more equitable care across Europe. This will improve care for these vulnerable infants and their families, ameliorate the long-term conditions found in preterm and critically ill infants and enhance the quality of family life of affected families. More than 220 experts-healthcare professionals, patient representatives and other relevant stakeholders-have come together for the first time to develop a broad reference guidance in neonatology and associated fields.Results Ninety-six standards on 11 overarching topic areas were developed and endorsed.Conclusion This reference framework serves as a basis for the development of binding national standards for high-quality care. A robust translation and implementation strategy is facilitated, with the goal of improved health outcomes following preterm birth all around Europe.
AB - Aim Among children who receive hospital care, preterm infants are Europe's largest group, whose numbers are continually increasing. Currently, no pan-European standards of care for preterm or critically ill infants are available, except for a few specific topics, and practices vary widely in different regions.Methods The European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) has initiated a transdisciplinary collaboration project to provide agreed standards for high-quality perinatal and neonatal care, whose implementation will ensure fairer and more equitable care across Europe. This will improve care for these vulnerable infants and their families, ameliorate the long-term conditions found in preterm and critically ill infants and enhance the quality of family life of affected families. More than 220 experts-healthcare professionals, patient representatives and other relevant stakeholders-have come together for the first time to develop a broad reference guidance in neonatology and associated fields.Results Ninety-six standards on 11 overarching topic areas were developed and endorsed.Conclusion This reference framework serves as a basis for the development of binding national standards for high-quality care. A robust translation and implementation strategy is facilitated, with the goal of improved health outcomes following preterm birth all around Europe.
KW - European collaboration
KW - neonatal treatment and care
KW - patient representatives
KW - preterm birth
KW - reference standards
KW - PRETERM BIRTH
KW - ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
KW - CONSENSUS
U2 - 10.1111/apa.15712
DO - 10.1111/apa.15712
M3 - (Systematic) Review article
C2 - 33290600
SN - 0803-5253
VL - 110
SP - 1433
EP - 1438
JO - Acta Paediatrica
JF - Acta Paediatrica
IS - 5
ER -