First drops, first hope: a quality improvement project to improve early breast feeding in preterm infants

Abstract

Early breast feeding (BF) is crucial for preterm infants, offering protection against infections, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), supporting optimal neurodevelopment and significantly reducing mortality and morbidity. This Quality Improvement (QI) Project was designed to improve the early initiation of BF (within 6 hours) at Teaching Hospital (TH) Badulla.