Impact of a family‐centred clinical care programme on short‐term outcomes of very low‐birth weight infants

Aim We evaluated the effects of a family‐centred clinical care pathway and case management programme on short‐term clinical outcome in a cohort of very low‐birth weight (VLBW) infants. Methods The programme, named NeoPAss, was developed at the Department of Neonatology Children's hospital Passau in 2013. Short‐term outcomes of infants were compared to matched controls from the Bavarian neonatology surveillance database before (n = 111; 2008–2012) and after implementation (n = 170; 2014–2017). Results After implementation the rate of late‐onset sepsis was significantly lower (2.5% vs. 10.7%, p = 0.005) and the length of stay was significantly shorter (VLBW 28 to 31 weeks' gestational age (GA) 47.5 vs. 53.1 days, p = 0.047;