Campaign: 11 months – 11 topics

Here you find an overview of the topics which are featured monthly:

• February: Data collection and documentation
• March: Birth and transfer
• April: Follow-up and continuing care
• May: NICU design
• June: Medical care and clinical practice
• July: Ethical decision-making and palliative care
• August: Nutrition
• September: Education and training
• October: Patient safety and hygiene practice
• November: Infant- and family-centred developmental care
• December: Care procedures

In 2021, the campaign enters its 6th year. This year, our focus is three-fold: renewal, implementation, and information.

The first standards are undergoing their scheduled review cycle and will be revised and updated to reflect the evolving state of the art. Moreover, new topics and standards will be added over the course of the year, illustrating the complexity of neonatal care in all its facets.

Apart from renewal, implementation will also be an important theme for us this year. Several translation projects have been launched, and we will slowly add translations of the standards into other languages to the website. In addition, we will again feature Lighthouse Projects to shine a light on best practice examples from all over Europe where the standards have already been successfully implemented. We hope that they will serve as a source of inspiration for those who want to bring about change in newborn care procedures.

Finally, we will continue to spread information about the standards and the project itself by featuring one “Standard in Brief” each month. The “Standard in Brief” provides a concise overview of one paticular standard and summarises its importance in an easily accessible visual. Our hope is that it encourages more people to get involved in the project and to learn about the issues at hand.

The following articles and features have been published so far:

Data collection and documentation (February)

• Standard for “Characteristics of health indicators” in “brief”

Birth & transfer (March)

• Standard for “Collaboration with parents in ante- and perinatal care” in “brief” (pdf)
• Standard for “Collaboration with parents in ante- and perinatal care” in “brief” (jpg)

Follow-up & continuing care (April)

• Standard for “Assessment of visual function” (pdf)
• Standard for “Assessment of visual function” (jpg)

• Video interview with Dr. Britta Hüning about follow-up care in times of COVID-19

NICU design (May)

• Standard for “Facilitation of skin-to-skin care and parental involvement through the physical environment” in “brief” (pdf)
• Standard for “Facilitation of skin-to-skin care and parental involvement through the physical environment” in “brief” (jpg)

Medical care & clinical practice (June)

• Standard for “Prevention of Bronchopulmonary
  Dysplasia (BPD)” in “brief” (pdf)
• Standard for “Prevention of Bronchopulmonary
  Dysplasia (BPD)” in “brief” (jpg)

Ethical decision making & palliative care (July)

• Standard for “Communication in ethically complex decisions” in “brief” (pdf)
• Standard for “Communication in ethically complex decisions” in “brief” (jpg)

Nutrition (August)

• Standard for “Family education and training on infant feeding in the unit and after discharge” in “brief” (pdf)
• Standard for “Family education and training on infant feeding in the unit and after discharge” in “brief” (jpg)

Education & training (September)

• Standard for “Evidence-based practice” in “brief” (pdf)
• Standard for “Evidence-based practice” in “brief” (jpg)

Patient safety & hygiene practice (October)

Infant- & family-centred developmental care (November)

Care Procedures (December)

The information provided in the campaign of the previous year is available here:

• 2019
• 2020