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Neonatal infection: antibiotics for prevention and treatment

  • NICE guideline
  • Reference number: NG195
  • Published:  20 April 2021
  • Last updated:  13 May 2026
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  1. Resource impact
  2. Summary versions
  3. Audit and service improvement
  4. Research recommendations
  5. Guidance into practice

Tools and resources

Tools and resources to help you put the guidance into practice.

Resource impact

  • Resource impact summary report

Summary versions

  • Visual summary on neonatal infection: determining the need for antibiotic treatment of babies within 72 hours of birth (PDF 128 KB)

    Published:
    13 May 2026
  • Visual summary on neonatal infection: duration of antibiotic treatment for late-onset neonatal infection without meningitis (PDF 72 KB)

    Published:
    13 May 2026

Audit and service improvement

  • Baseline assessment tool (Excel 64 KB)

    Published:
    13 May 2026

Research recommendations

  • Research recommendations information

Guidance into practice

  • About the Into practice guide

  • Practical steps to improving the quality of care and services using NICE guidance

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