A Quality Improvement Intervention to Reduce Necrotizing Enterocolitis in premature infants with Probiotic Supplementation

Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) is a severe intestinal inflammatory disease due to multifactorial causes that present in preterm infants. Compared with similar neonatal intensive care units, our NEC rate was increasing and prompted reduction by a quality improvement (QI) intervention. METHODS: We aimed to reduce NEC rate by 30% by the end of 2016. We used the Institute of Healthcare Improvement model and typical QI tools, including teamwork, …