title: Safe sleep for pediatric inpatients.
abstract: To improve sleep environment safety for inpatient infants.
  
  
  
  This quality improvement project involved assessment of sleep environment safety for inpatient infants before and after a bundled intervention of staff education and introduction of swaddle sacks and bedside storage bins.
  
  
  
  The proportion of infant cribs without loose objects in them increased (32-72%, p = .025), and safe sleep positioning remained stable (82% vs. 95%, p = .183).
  
  
  
  Staff education, swaddle sleep sacks, and bedside storage containers were associated with improved sleep safety among pediatric inpatients at our institution and may help at other institutions.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Practice Leader with the Department of Nursing, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Geyer
authors.affiliation: Nurse Clinician Specialist with the Department of Nursing, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Penny K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Laura R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kair
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D061214:Patient Safety; D016684:Prone Position; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Hospital; SIDS; pediatric units; quality improvement; safe sleep