Presepsin to Safely Reduce Antibiotics in Preterm Infants

"Umbilical cord blood or blood from the first routine venous puncture within four hours after birth will be used for presepsin determination. Presepsin measurement can be performed in 100 μl plasma with PATHFAST™ Presepsin which is a rapid chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (Mitsubishi Chemical Medience corporation, Tokyo, Japan) with results available within 15 minutes."

Standard care according to the Dutch EOS guideline