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Developed by the AAP NICU Verification Program Leadership Team with the support of AAP staff, the Standards codify the minimum components of care expected for each level of neonatal care from Special Care Nursery (Level II), to complex subspecialty care including surgery (Level IV NICU).
Level I: a hospital nursery organized with the personnel and equipment to perform neonatal resuscitation, evaluate and provide postnatal care of healthy newborn infants, provide care for infants born at 35 to 37 weeks’ gestation who remain physiologically stable, and stabilize ill newborn infants or infants born at less than 35 weeks ...
The standards codify the minimum components of each level of neonatal care — from special care nursery (Level II) to complex subspecialty care including surgery (Level IV). The document, Standards for Levels of Neonatal Care: II, III, & IV, is based on AAP
expected for each level of neonatal care from Special Care Nursery (Level II), to complex subspecialty care including surgery (Level IV NICU) by setting forth standards for institutional commitment, neonatal programing, personnel, ancillary services, patient and family care resources, and equipment required for each level of neonatal care ...
II (subspecialty) NICU. Level III, or subspecialty NICUs, can care for newborn infants with extreme prematurity or who are critically ill or requir.
Find information relevant to neonatal care. This includes Neonatal levels of care, the Guidelines on Perinatal care, and the AAP NICU Verification Program.
There are four main NICU levels that offer simple to complex newborn care depending on the baby's needs. Connecticut Children’s and our Care Alliance partners follow the guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics.