Suzanne Manning

Oct 20, 2024 | theconversation.com | Rhys White |David Winter |Suzanne Manning

Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense. For the tiny babies cared for in these wards, any infection could prove fatal. Great care is taken to prevent the spread of pathogens, but outbreaks still occur. Traditionally, detecting outbreaks within a NICU has been reactive – only after multiple babies fall ill at the same time.