High-risk pregnancy mothers & newborns
Extremely low birth weight premature infants
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy newborns
Hospitals nationwide needing neonatal transfer
NTUH Department of Nursing High-Risk Neonatal Care Team built the "TIME CARE" (Transfer Immediately Management Evaluate) service system to "guard the lives of little heroes every second." Integrating vertical team collaboration with horizontal high-quality neonatal care, services include high-risk pregnancy mothers, extremely low birth weight infants, and comprehensive neonatal transfer services. NICU occupancy rate 83.74%, length of stay 12.89 days; Intermediate Care Nursery 72.61%, 5.12 days. Equipment: 57 bedside monitors, 20 ICU-grade incubators, 12 fully-functional infant incubators, 25 ventilators (incl. high-frequency and NO), 4 transport incubators, 2 transport infant care stations, 2 therapeutic hypothermia machine , and automated blood gas analyzers. Sole nationwide NICU with in-unit operating room (eliminating transport risk, 13 surgeries 2025). Innovations: delivery room standby SOP (50-60 cases/month); transfer SOP (departure within 15 min, 1-5 cases/month).
Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant (ELBW) Infant Care
Standardized Delivery Room Resuscitation Standby and Neonatal Transport Protocols
Neonatal Therapeutic Hypothermia
Precision Nutritional Care
Developmental Care
50-60 delivery room standby cases/month
1-5 neonatal transfer cases/month
13 in-NICU surgeries (2025)
7 hypothermia treatment cases (2025)
NICU occupancy 83.74%
Survival rate for extremely low birth weight (<1500 grams) premature infants: >90%
Unplanned endotracheal tube slippage rate: 0‰
Infection density: 1‰
Family satisfaction rate: 98.7%
