Infant oral health care in pediatric intensive care unit: Need for capacity building

Kusum Singal; VivekSingh Malik; Meenu Singh

doi:10.4103/jopp.jopp_5_22

Infant oral health care in pediatric intensive care unit: Need for capacity building

Kusum Singal, VivekSingh Malik, Meenu Singh^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Oral health care is very important for the overall health of infants. To minimize the risk of infection, the development of healthy and strong teeth is the major benefit to take care of the oral cavity. Infants admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are most of the time either intubated or on ventilators and are subsequently at a higher risk of the development of nosocomial infections. The researcher’s highlighted that there is consistent negligence of infant’s oral health while their PICU stay. This article explores that there is a strong need for standardized oral hygiene practices and guidelines use to be followed in PICU. Pediatric nursing professionals and health-care providers should be educated and encouraged regarding the life-long importance of good oral health care for infants.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64-66
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Pulmonology
Volume	1
Issue number	2
Early online date	20 Dec 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4103/jopp.jopp_5_22
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2022

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The idea for this paper emerged from the research project supported by ICMR‑Evidence Based Center for Child Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh.

Keywords

infant oral health care
pediatrics intensive care unit
pediatrics

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