title: [Advantages of rooming-in care of mother and child in the control of enteric epidemics in neonatal departments].
abstract: The hygienic advantages of the rooming-in system is described by the authors. The conditions of their institution are given in this country setting. Major conclusions from enteritis epidemic in neonatal wards are: long-lasting hospitalization and bottle feeding increases the incidence of enteric infections. In the spreading of this epidemic the hands of the nursing staff play a decisive, very important role. The rooming-in system helps in defeating the enteric infections, as a possibility for isolation, by decreasing the chance of cross-infections, the satisfying breast feeding makes the supplementary food unnecessary, thus preventing the infection of the alimentary tract.
authors.affiliation: Szülészeti és Nögyógyászati Klinika, Debreceni Orvostudományi Egyetem.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adám
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kovács
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Körtvélyesi
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012386:Rooming-in Care; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000517:prevention & control