Background: Accurately targeting newborns suspected of early-onset bacterial neonatal infection (EONI) and optimizing the administration of antibiotics is challenging. French clinical guidelines (HAS/SFN) on the management of newborns over 34 weeks at risk of EONI were deployed in September 2017.
Objective: Our objective was to assess their implementation 3 years later in the Paris area, representing approximately 180,000 births.
Methods and settings: We conducted an observational study in all maternity units of the Ile-de-France region from July 2020 to January 2021. We sent a self-administered questionnaire on the application of the new guidelines by email addressed to a pediatrician in each maternity unit.
Results: Out of the 80 maternity units in the Ile-de-France region, 78 participated. Among the participating units, 40 (51 %) reported applying the new clinical guidelines fully, 28 (36 %) partially, while 10 (13 %) reported not applying them. Among participants, 45 (66 %) maternity units found the implementation of the clinical guidelines feasible, and nearly 80 % of them observed that applying them resulted in fewer additional tests, such as blood samples or peripheral bacteriological tests. Only 35 % of maternity units no longer collect gastric fluid sample, even though this practice is no longer recommended. Among the difficulties identified by the 10 centers that reported not implementing the guidelines were a lack of equipment, insufficient numbers of competent personnel, and insufficient time to train relevant professionals.
Conclusion: Three years after the publication of the French clinical guidelines (HAS/SFN) on the management of newborns over 34 weeks at risk of EONI, this study showed that over 85 % of responding maternity units in the Ile-de-France region reported have implemented the guidelines either fully or partially.
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