Tampa General’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for premature and critically ill newborns.
Neonatologists from the University of South Florida College of Medicine and nurses trained in
neonatal critical care staff our Level III NICU. (Level III is the highest rating available.)
Parents are welcome to visit their infants 24-hours a day.
Click here to download our NICU Family Handbook.
In the fall of 2011, Tampa General Hospital will open phase one of the new Jennifer Leigh Muma Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The first section completed of the new, state-of-the-art NICU will more than double the current unit's size to approximately 33,000 square feet with 58 beds. The new NICU will include isolation rooms and an infant stabilization unit. Still in the construction phase, TGH's new NICU will incorporate several key design elements:
increasing the square footage per NICU bed as well as the number of licensed beds
creating an environment of healing
utilizing private beds and small pods
creating more caregiving and personal space at the bedside
Tampa General is one of just 12 Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Centers designated by the
State of Florida to deliver the highest level of medical care to premature and sick infants
and to women with high-risk pregnancies.
Tampa General is one of just eight hospitals in Florida that provides extra corporeal
membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a life-saving treatment for newborns with severe breathing
difficulties. Similar to a heart-lung bypass machine, ECMO allows an infant’s lungs to
rest and heal while the machine exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide in the infant’s blood.
Our neonatal transport team travels aboard TGH’s medical helicopters or via ambulance to
provide care during transport. This team includes a registered nurse and a respiratory
therapist, specially trained to stabilize and transfer sick newborns to Tampa General from
other hospitals in the region.
CarePages is a free service offered to patients of Tampa General Hospital. This service
allows you to create private personalized Web pages to keep family and friends informed
about your hospitalization. The patient or their family maintains the Web page. To safeguard
patients' privacy, TGH staff cannot set up or maintain CarePages for patients. Ask your nurse
for more details about the service.
Click here for more details about CarePages.
Tampa General’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for premature and critically ill newborns.
Neonatologists from the University of South Florida College of Medicine and nurses trained in
neonatal critical care staff our Level III NICU. (Level III is the highest rating available.)
Parents are welcome to visit their infants 24-hours a day.
