TodaysBaby Quality Improvement: Safe Sleep Teaching & Role Modeling in Eight US Maternity Units
Extracted findings (3)
nursing safe sleep education
improvementImplementation of a nursing-focused safe sleep QI toolkit in 8 US maternity units increased maternal report of receiving education on back sleeping, clear crib, room-sharing, and pacifier use by 24% t
Effect: improvement; 24% to 57% increase over baseline, post-intervention rates 72% to 95%
nursing safe sleep education
improvementFollowing QI intervention, 93% of infants were observed sleeping supine and 88% in a safe sleep environment, representing a 24% and 33% increase over baseline respectively, sustained up to 12 months.
Effect: improvement; 93% supine (24% increase over baseline), 88% safe environment (33% increase over baseline)
Pacifier use
mixedPacifier education was the only safe sleep measure that did not reach the 90% target and was not sustained during the maintenance period, likely due to conflict with Baby-Friendly breastfeeding recomm
Effect: mixed