| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Malarvizhi, M | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Akhilesh, P M | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Sebastian, Jolly | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-13T05:32:50Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-13T05:32:50Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2277 - 8160 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/234 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is an intensive care unit, specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.Materials and Methods: Case study method was used for this study. The study was conducted in the NICU of Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore. The hospital is a 1250 bedded multi- speciality hospital. This NICU has the bed strength of 25 and has modern equipment’s to manage critically ill new-borns. Purposive sampling technique was used. Digital sound level meter (Model: SL 4010) was used to measure the sound level. Results: The mean and standard deviation of pretest noise level was 62.19 dB ± 0.844 and posttest noise level was 50.74 dB ± 1.373. Conclusion: Average noise levels of equipment’s and activities were reduced. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | NICU | en_US |
| dc.subject | Noise level | en_US |
| dc.title | Effectiveness of a Protocol in Reducing the Noise Level in NICU | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.journalname.journalname | Global Journal for Research Analysis | en_US |
| dc.volumeno.volumeno | 3 | en_US |
| dc.issueno.issueno | 6 | en_US |
| dc.pages.pages | 157-158 | en_US |
| Appears in Resource: | Journal Articles
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