Prone positioning with umbilical catheters in situ — what's your unit's practice?

Keen to get a sense of practice across units on this. In a centre I used to work in in Canada, prone positioning with a UVC/UAC in place was common practice after 48h. Curious what others do.

The evidence base is thin either way — the only NICU-specific study I can find (Arnts et al. 2014, Open J Nursing) is a small single-centre pilot with no supine comparator, and no RCT exists.

Would be useful to hear:

• Prone allowed with UC in situ? From what age/dwell time?

• Written into local guidance, or informal practice?

• Anyone audited complication rates by position?

https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=51831

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