Infant Journal
for neonatal and paediatric healthcare professionals

Increasing awareness and adherence to infection control on a NICU

This article describes a prospective one-year interventional study aimed at improving infection control compliance and decreasing nosocomial infection rates across Greater Manchester tertiary NICUs. A computerised audiovisual infection control initiative (CAVICI) was installed at the entrance of the NICU to increase staff and visitor adherence to five infection control standards.

U. El-Kafrawy, R. J. Taylor, N. Francis, E. Boussabaine, M. Badrideen

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