Teams around the world participated in Kangaroo-a-thons this year globally, and below are those that submitted their results to us.
We hosted a 24-Hour on World Prematurity Day, and we have a winner!
Congratulations to Máxima Medical Center, from Netherlands, with 22 babies participating, had an average of 12 hr 5 min and 100% of the babies were held.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Winners by country:
CANADA: Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (average 3 hr 24 min)
FRANCE: roubaix néonatologie (average 7 hr 54 min)
NETHERLANDS: Máxima Medical Center (average 12 hr 5 min)
UNITED KINGDOM: Exeter Neonatal Unit (average 6 hr 40 min)
UNITED STATES: University Health Truman Medical Center (average 2 hr 15 min)
These teams had 100% of the babies in the team held in kangaroo care on Nov 17:
| Máxima Medical Center | Netherlands |
| roubaix néonatologie | France |
| Exeter Neonatal Unit | United Kingdom |
| Newcastle Neonates | United Kingdom |
| Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont | Canada |
| The Moncton Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | Canada |
The babies that were held in these teams had average sessions duration of over 5 hours per day:
| Team Name | City | Country | Team Size | Average Session Duration | % of babies held |
| Newcastle Neonates | Newcastle Upon Tyne | United Kingdom | 5 | 5:34 | 100% |
| Néonatalogie Centre Hospitalier de Calais | Calais | France | 13 | 6:06 | 85% |
| Exeter Neonatal Unit | Exeter | United Kingdom | 14 | 6:40 | 100% |
| Médecine et réanimation néonatale Valenciennes | Valenciennes | France | 17 | 7:35 | 94% |
| roubaix néonatologie | roubaix | france | 16 | 7:54 | 100% |
| Máxima Medical Center | Veldhoven | Nederland | 22 | 12:05 | 100% |
These are the results:
(Compare the results with WPD 2022 and with the KangarooAthon from KCD 2023)
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| Team Name | City | State/Province | Country | TEAM SIZE - census on NOV 17, 2023 |
Average KC Duration per baby (SESSIONS DURATION divided by TEAM SIZE) |
Average Session Duration: (SESSIONS DURATION divided by BABIES HELD) (Minutes per baby) |
% babies held: (BABIES HELD divided by TEAM SIZE) (% of babies) |
| (Hr:Mm per baby) | (Hr:Mm per baby) | % | |||||
| Máxima Medical Center | Veldhoven | Noord-Brabant | Nederland | 22 | 12:05 | 12:05 | 100% |
| Roubaix Néonatologie | roubaix | france | 16 | 7:54 | 7:54 | 100% | |
| Médecine et réanimation néonatale Valenciennes | Valenciennes | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | France | 17 | 7:08 | 7:35 | 94% |
| Exeter Neonatal Unit | Exeter | Devon | United Kingdom | 14 | 6:40 | 6:40 | 100% |
| Newcastle Neonates | Newcastle Upon Tyne | United Kingdom | 5 | 5:34 | 5:34 | 100% | |
| Néonatalogie Centre Hospitalier de Calais | Calais | France | 13 | 5:10 | 6:06 | 85% | |
| Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont | Montreal | Quebec | Canada | 19 | 3:24 | 3:24 | 100% |
| Princess Royal University Hospital Neonatal Unit | Orpington | Bromley, London | United Kingdom | 9 | 3:16 | 4:12 | 78% |
| The Moncton Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | Moncton | New Brunswick | Canada | 8 | 2:52 | 2:52 | 100% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center | Kansas City, | Missouri | USA | 10 | 2:15 | 2:48 | 80% |
| King’s College Hospital Neonatal Unit | London | London | United Kingdom | 37 | 1:44 | 2:13 | 78% |
| Franciscan Health-Indianapolis | Indianapolis | IN | USA | 17 | 1:43 | 3:40 | 47% |
| Joyfull Joeys | Colton | CA | USA | 11 | 1:19 | 2:25 | 55% |
| Grey Nuns Hospital (Edmonton) - Covenant Health | Edmonton | Alberta | Canada | 22 | 0:51 | 1:00 | 86% |
| Covenant Healthcare Kangaroo Club | Saginaw | MI | USA | 36 | 0:45 | 2:16 | 33% |
| DEL SOL MEDICAL CENTER | EL PASO | TX | USA | 11 | 0:45 | 1:39 | 45% |
| Miami Valley Hospital | Dayton | Ohio | USA | 52 | 0:39 | 3:26 | 19% |
| BTMC NICU | Glendale | AZ | USA | 39 | 0:37 | 4:04 | 15% |
| Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center | Reno | NV | USA | 2 | 0:30 | 1:00 | 50% |
| Children's Mercy | Kansas City | Missouri | USA | 68 | 0:28 | 4:35 | 10% |
| Kaiser Anaheim | Aanheim | California | USA | 17 | 0:26 | 1:04 | 41% |
| Woman's Hospital NICU | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | USA | 68 | 0:24 | 2:08 | 19% |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Cincinnati | Ohio | USA | 70 | 0:18 | 2:24 | 13% |
| Team UAMS NICU | Little Rock | Arkansas | USA | 63 | 0:09 | 1:58 | 8% |
