Is the implementation of a microbiological surveillance screening beneficial in a neonatal intensive care unit?

s of the 51st Workshop for Pediatric Research 51st Workshop for Pediatric Research Gottingen, Germany 16-17 April 2015 This supplement has not been sponsored. Meeting abstracts Background and aims Bacteria that cause nosocomial infections have often been found to colonize the patient's skin, respiratory tract or gastrointestinal tract previously. In 2012 and 2013, the German Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infectious Disease Prevention recommended a microbiological screening of infants on neonatal intensive care units. Multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR) that should be considered in empiric antibiotic therapy, bacteria that cause invasive infections and bacteria that may elicit epidemic …

Evaluation of microbiological screening in a neonatal intensive care unit to optimize empiric antibiotic use.