Institutional Measures

Necrotizing Enterocolitis / NEC

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center tracks specific measures related to the care provided to patients with necrotizing enterocolitis / NEC.

You can download the operational definition of each measure in portable document format (.pdf) below:

Strategic Improvement Measures for Necrotizing Enterocolitis / NEC

Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) among very low birthweight (VLBW) infants (86k) Number / percent of VLBW infants receiving 500 ml / kg birthweight of human milk in the first fourteen days of life (88k) Percent of mothers of VLBW infants who initiate human milk expression (86k) Average amount of human milk (HM) received by VLBW infants (ml / kg birthweight) (170k) Percent of VLBW infants who receive any human milk in the first 14 days of life and for whom human milk is not contraindicated (87k)

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