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The specific aim of the project was to decrease DD occurrences with a severity score of 3 to 4 by 25%.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Quality improvement participants comprised 164 neonates; 89 were cared for prior to project implementation and 75 post-implementation. Data were collected over a 3-month period. The setting of this quality improvement project was a 98-bed, Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) located in the Midwestern United States (Oklahoma City, OK). The NICU is part of a freestanding children\u2019s hospital affiliated with a university.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>APPROACH:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Diaper dermatitis occurrences and severity scores were collected prior to and 3 months after the protocol was implemented in the NICU. We collected pre-implementation data, followed by staff education concerning the DD protocol. We also provide guidance for protocol implementation at the bedside and in our Electronic Medical Record. Data on DD rates and severity were provided during the National Database for Nurse Quality Indicators (NDNQI) prevalence days the 4<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> quarter of 2020 and the 1st quarter of 2021. We compared data before and after protocol implementation to evaluate its effect on DD rates and severity.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>OUTCOMES:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Analysis before and after implementation of the protocol showed no significant differences in DD occurrences or severity scores. The unintended introduction of water-based cleansing wipes was identified as a confounding factor that we believe influenced outcomes. The DD scoring system and algorithm were permanently implemented for DD score quantification, DD management and treatment guidance, and ease of DD documentation with interventions, despite non-significant group differences.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Next steps for this project are to implement the water-based cleansing wipes facility wide, along with the scoring tool and DD prevention protocol.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/won.0000000000001147","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,23]],"date-time":"2025-01-23T16:01:55Z","timestamp":1737648115000},"page":"76-80","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Diaper Dermatitis Algorithm and Scoring Tool in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"52","author":[{"given":"Meredith","family":"Sharp","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Meredith Sharp, MSN, RN, CWON, MEDSURG-BC,Wound Ostomy Nurse Department, Oklahoma Children\u2019s Hospital at OU Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,13]]},"reference":[{"issue":"23","key":"R1-20250127","first-page":"s19","article-title":"Prevention and treatment of diaper dermatitis","volume":"35","author":"Blume-Peytavi","year":"2018","journal-title":"Pediatr Dermatol"},{"issue":"1","key":"R2-20250127","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"130","DOI":"10.1111\/pde.14047","article-title":"Diaper dermatitis prevalence and severity: global perspective on the impact of caregiver behavior","volume":"37","author":"Carr","year":"2020","journal-title":"Pediatr Dermatol"},{"issue":"5","key":"R5-20250127","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"486","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0037-1608708","article-title":"Perianal dermatitis, its incidence, and patterns of topical therapies in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit","volume":"35","author":"Malik","year":"2018","journal-title":"Am J Perinatol"},{"issue":"6","key":"R6-20250127","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12731","DOI":"10.1111\/dth.12731","article-title":"Comparison the effects of topical application of olive and calendula ointments on children\u2019s diaper dermatitis: a triple-blind randomized clinical trial","volume":"31","author":"Sharifi-Heris","year":"2018","journal-title":"Dermatol Ther"},{"issue":"5","key":"R7-20250127","first-page":"238","article-title":"Using wound care algorithms: a content validation study","volume":"26","author":"Beitz","year":"1999","journal-title":"JWOCN"},{"issue":"2","key":"R8-20250127","first-page":"65","article-title":"Wound-healing outcomes using standardized assessment and care in clinical practice","volume":"31","author":"Bolton","year":"2004","journal-title":"JWOCN"},{"issue":"6","key":"R9-20250127","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"632","DOI":"10.1111\/pde.12988","article-title":"A new scale for assessing the severity of uncomplicated diaper dermatitis in infants: development and validation","volume":"33","author":"Buckley","year":"2016","journal-title":"Pediatr Dermatol"},{"issue":"5","key":"R10-20250127","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"500","DOI":"10.1016\/S1081-1206(10)60289-X","article-title":"The atopic dermatitis quickscore (ADQ): validation of a new parent-administered atopic dermatitis scoring tool","volume":"101","author":"Carel","year":"2008","journal-title":"Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol"},{"issue":"1","key":"R11-20250127","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.1016\/j.physio.2012.01.003","article-title":"The Chelsea Critical Care Physical Assessment Tool (CPAx): validation of an innovative new tool to measure physical morbidity in the general adult critical care population; 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