In-Hospital Newborn Falls and Suffocation Associated With Parental Drug-Related Fatigue

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Thach

. Deaths and near deaths of healthy newborn infants while bed sharing on maternity wards. J Perinatol. 2014;34:275-279. doi:10.1038/jp.2013.184.

Byard

. Infant suffocation while breastfeeding. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2020;16:569-570. doi:10.1007/s12024-020-00229-0.

Duthie

. In-hospital newborn falls associated with a sleeping parent: the case for a new paradigm. Hosp Pediatr. 2020;10(12):1031-1037. doi:10.1542/hpeds.2020-0112.

The Joint Commission. Quick safety 40: preventing newborn falls and drops. Published 2018. Accessed January 9, 2023. https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/news-and-multimedia/newsletters/newsletters/quick-safety/quick-safety-40-preventing-newborn-falls-and-drops/#.Y7uOI31BzDc.

Vizient. Vizient patient safety organization safety alert: preventing infant drops and falls in health care. Published 2019. Accessed January 9, 2023. https://www.vizientinc.com/-/media/documents/sitecorepublishingdocuments/public/psosafetyalert_suicideprevention.pdf.

Hughes Driscoll

Pereira

Lichenstein

. In-hospital neonatal falls: an unintended consequence of efforts to improve breastfeeding. Pediatrics. 2019;143(1):e20182488. doi:10.1542/peds.2018-2488.

Stevens

Thompson

Helseth

Pottala

. Mounting evidence favoring single-family room neonatal intensive care. J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2015;8(3):177-178. doi:10.3233/NPM-15915035.

Busse

Stromgren

Thorngate

Thomas

. Parents’ responses to stress in the neonatal intensive care unit. Crit Care Nurse. 2013;33(4):52-59; quiz 60. doi:10.4037/ccn2013715.

Galuska

. Prevention of in-hospital newborn falls. Nurs Womens Health. 2011;15(1):59-61. doi:10.1111/j.1751-486X.2011.01611.x.

10.

Miner

. Implementation of a comprehensive safety bundle to support newborn fall/drop event prevention and response. Nurs Womens Health. 2019;23(4):327-339. doi:10.1016/j.nwh.2019.06.002.

11.

Carlson

Walsh

Wergin

Schwarzkopf

Ecklund

. Challenges in design and transition to a private room model in the neonatal intensive care unit. Adv Neonatal Care. 2006;6(5):271-280. doi:10.1016/j.adnc.2006.06.008.

12.

Haight

Tong

Bohm

Callaghan

. Opioid use disorder documented at delivery hospitalization—United States, 1999–2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67:845-849. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6731a1.

13.

Shiffman

Wilson

. Newborns die after going home with moms fighting drug addiction. Published 2015. Accessed January 9, 2023. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/newborns-die-after-going-home-moms-fighting-drug-addiction-n475531.

14.

Goyal

Saunders

Moore

, et al. Identification of substance-exposed newborns and neonatal abstinence syndrome using ICD-10-CM—15 hospitals, Massachusetts, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(29):951-955. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6929a2.

15.

D’Angelo

Haight

, et al. vital signs: prescription opioid pain reliever use during pregnancy—34 U.S. jurisdictions, 2019. MMWR Morbid Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020;69(28):897-903. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6928a1.