Baseline data collection has officially begun for our teams working on Antibiotic Stewardship/Newborn Sepsis and we (and they) are preparing for our January 2017 kickoff meeting. In addition to working closely with teams across the state that have committed to this quality improvement initiative, we are supporting teams in Illinois, Hawaii and Virginia and fielding enquiries from other states considering joining. We will also be supporting a team in Italy at Ospedale Versilia in Camaiore (in the region of Tuscany) as they too strive to safely decrease antibiotic exposure in the fragile newborn population.
Collaborating across the state, across the country, and around the world is not only an opportunity to impact the care of even more newborns, it is an opportunity to share best practice, foster relationships, and empower one another to continually strive toward optimal outcomes.