Discover how Woman’s Hospital cut blood gas draws by 50% using transcutaneous CO₂ monitoring, standardized protocols, and staff-led care improvements.

Quality improvement projects are driving change in healthcare. This issue spotlights five impactful initiatives improving safety, efficiency, and care delivery.

Discover how Woman’s Hospital cut blood gas draws by 50% using transcutaneous CO₂ monitoring, standardized protocols, and staff-led care improvements.

Patients in the NICU are among the most delicate residents in the hospital, yet studies have shown as many as 17 painful procedures being performed on neonates each day. Many painful procedures are related to blood draws for lab tests used to monitor patients and titrate support.

Blood draws for lab work are well-established as one of the main drivers of anemia of prematurity leading to a high rate of transfusion in the NICU. Learn more about the problem and how transcutaneous monitoring can be part of the solution.

Lisa DeGuzman, RRT-NPS, RPSGT, CCSH discusses the role of transcutaneous CO2 monitoring in the Nemours Children’s Hospital Pediatric Sleep Center, highlighting its applications in detecting and guiding the management of sleep-disordered breathing among the pediatric population.

In this article, Anne M. Geistkemper, MSc, RRT, RRT-NPS discusses the practical applications of transcutaneous CO2 monitoring in the NICU, its integration into neonatal care practices, and the evolution of this technology’s adoption in the Rush University Children’s Hospital NICU.

This whitepaper explores how ventilation perfusion (V/Q) mismatch may cause inaccuracies in end-tidal CO2 readings, why arterial blood gases are not an ideal solution for many patients, and why transcutaneous CO2 monitoring may be an alternative to consider.

In this whitepaper, PICU specialists from Children’s Memorial Hermann share case studies demonstrating how continuous visibility provided by transcutaneous CO2 monitoring supported their team’s patient care strategies.

This clinical pocket guide serves as a comprehensive resource for healthcare professionals, particularly neonatal specialists seeking to harness the potential of transcutaneous CO2 monitoring in the care in the NICU.