Best Fed: Implementing Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guidelines To Improve Breast Milk Use And The Feeding Management Of Infants Born
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$177,197.00
Summary
Breast milk is the best food for babies born prematurely. There are challenges for women in providing breast milk and challenges for clinicians in managing the feeds of preterm babies, including when to start feeds and how quickly to progress. Sometimes research evidence doesn’t translate into practice and in this project I will support clinicians to implement the best evidence so that more preterm babies are receiving breast milk on discharge home.
Resolving 60 Years Of Uncertainty: Oxygen Saturation Targets In Preterm Infants
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$181,065.00
Summary
New high quality evidence has recently shown that targeting the oxygen saturation of very preterm babies at a level used routinely for many years causes an increase in their risk of death. Targeting a higher range reduces this risk but practitioners have been slow to change their practice. A program will be introduced at several newborn intensive care units which will ensure that those caring for these sick babies will be supported to move safely to a policy of higher saturation targeting.