Practices supporting cue-based breastfeeding of preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units across Europe

Table 1 Characteristics of participating NICUs (n = 105)

	n	%
Type of NICU design
Only single-family rooms	17	16
Only open bay rooms	34	32
Combination of single-family rooms and open bay rooms	43	41
Other types of design	11	10
Designated number of infants in the NICU
6–15	42	30
16–25	28	27
26–35	20	29
> 36	15	14
Level of care
Level 1	0	0
Level 2	26	25
Level 3 A	26	25
Level 3B	37	35
Level 3 C	8	8
Other	8	8

Level 1 = Basic care of stable infants born at 35 to less than 37 weeks gestation. Level 2 = Specialty care of infants born at least 32 weeks gestation or 1,500 g, with possibility of brief mechanical ventilation or CPAP. Level 3 A = Subspecialty intensive care of infants born at least 28 weeks gestation or 1,000 g with possibility of mechanical ventilation. Level 3B = Subspecialty intensive care of infants born at less than 28 weeks gestation or 1,000 g, with possibility of advanced respiratory support and access to paediatric surgical specialist. Level 3 C = As level 3B but including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and surgical repair of complex congenital cardiac malformation

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