R433-1-2. Definitions

  As used in this rule:

  (1) "Very Low Birth Weight" (VLBW) means the birth weight of an infant born weighing greater than 400 grams and less than 1500 grams.

  (2) "Neonatal Intensive Care Unit" (NICU) is a designated unit within a hospital, which specializes in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.

  (3) "Nursery" means a designated unit within a hospital, which unit specializes in the care of newborn infants.

  (4) "Health care provider" means an individual or group of individuals who provide care for women and/or infants during the prenatal, perinatal and/or neonatal period.

  (5) "Vermont Oxford Network" (VON) is a non-profit voluntary collaboration of health care professionals dedicated to improving the quality and safety of medical care for newborn infants and their families.

  (6) "Hospital" is a general acute hospital licensed under Title 26, Chapter 21 that cares for a VLBW infant.

  (7) "Department" means Utah Department of Health (UDOH), UDOH employed staff, or UDOH designated contractor.

  (8) "Major morbidities" include: Chronic Lung Disease, Nosocomial Infection and organism and site, Grade III or IV Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Cystic Periventricular Leukomalacia, Grade III, IV or V Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), ROP surgery, Avastin following ROP surgery, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Patent Ductus Arteriosis (PDA) surgery, PDA medication, Major Birth Defect and type, all as defined by the Vermont Oxford Network 2014 Manual of Operations: Part 2, Data Definitions and Infant Data Forms, Release 18.0, Published November 2013, which is adopted and incorporated by reference.

  (9) "Maternal risk factors" include: Ethnicity of Mother, Race of Mother, Prenatal Care, Antenatal Steroids, Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate, Chorioamnionitis, Maternal Hypertension, Chronic or Pregnancy-Induced, Multiple Gestation, all as defined by the Vermont Oxford Network 2014 Manual of Operations: Part 2, Data Definitions and Infant Data Forms, Release 18.0, Published November 2013.

  (10) "Guidelines for Perinatal Care" means the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Guidelines for Perinatal Care (7th ed.), October 2012 (ISBN-13: 9781581107340, ISBN: 158110734X), which are adopted and incorporated by reference.