Fairfield County NICUs

Bridgeport Hospital: Level III

NBICU
267 Grant Street
Bridgeport, CT 06610
(203) 384-3000
www.bridgeporthospital.org

Danbury Hospital: Level IIIb

The Family Birth Center
24 Hospital Avenue
Danbury, CT 06810
(203) 739-7500
www.danhosp.org

Greenwich Hospital: Level III

NICU
5 Perryridge Road
Greenwich, CT 06830
(203) 863–3515
www.greenhosp.org

Norwalk Hospital: Level III

Dana Pavillion
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 4th Floor
Maple Street
Norwalk, CT 06856
(203) 852-2000
www.norwalkhosp.org

Stamford Hospital: Level IIIa

Whittingham Pavilion
Newborn Intensive Care Unit — 2nd Floor
30 Shelburne Road
Stamford, CT 06904
(203) 276-1000
www.stamfordhospital.org

An Explanation of NICU Levels

Level I (Basic)

Primarily care for uncomplicated newborn cases, typically those infants born between 35-37 weeks who remain stable. Can perform neonatal resuscitation and can stabilize newborn infants born at less than 35 weeks until they can be transferred to a Level II or III unit.

Level II (Specialty)

Provide care for infants born between at more than 32 weeks gestation and weighing more than 1,500g. Includes those infants who have apnea of prematurity, an inability to maintain body temperature or to take oral feedings; who are moderately ill with problems that are expected to resolve rapidly and are not expected to need subspecialty services on an urgent basis; or those who are convalescing from intensive care.

Level II care is subdivided into 2 categories:

IIA: do not have the capability to provide mechanical ventilation for brief durations (less than 24 hours) or continuous positive airway pressure/CPAP.
IIB: do have the capability to provide mechanical ventilation for brief durations (less than 24 hours) or continuous positive airway pressure/CPAP.

Level III (Subspecialty)

Provide continuous life support and comprehensive care for extremely high-risk newborn infants and those with complex and critical illness.

Level III is subdivided into 3 categories:

IIIA: Can provide care for infants with birth weight of more than 1,000g and gestational age of more than 28 weeks. Continuous life support can be provided but is limited to conventional mechanical ventilation.
IIIB: Can provide comprehensive care for extremely low birth weight infants (less than 1,000g birth weight and less than 28 weeks' gestation); advanced respiratory care such as high-frequency ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide; prompt and on-site access to a full range of pediatric medical subspecialists; and advanced imaging with interpretation on an urgent basis, including computed tomography, MRI, and echocardiography and have pediatric surgical specialists and pediatric anesthesiologists on site or at a closely related institution to perform major surgery.
IIIC: Have the capabilities of a Level IIIB NICU, and are located within institutions that can provide ECMO and surgical repair of serious congenital cardiac malformations that require cardiopulmonary bypass.