NeoCORE 2026

Neonatal Sepsis workshop Schedule

Day 1
Neocore Workshop Schedule – Lifestyle Medicine

Neonatal Sepsis- The present and the future

Departments of Neonatology and Microbiology
CME and workshop-Neonatology Department / Microbiology Dept (18/03/2026 and 19/03/2026

18 Mar 2026 – DAY 1

2:00 — 2:45 PM
Part I-Optimal decision making towards prevention of infection
Rational practices to prevent late onset sepsis and NEC in the NICU
2:45 — 3:15 PM
Part-II: Diagnosis
Bundles in NICU for infection prevention
3:15 — 3:45 PM
Part-II: Diagnosis
How to optimize blood and urine cultures
3:45 — 4:00 PM
Tea Break
4:00 — 4:45 PM
Part-II: Diagnosis
Diagnosis of sepsis and meningitis (including biomarkers in sepsis)
Day 2

Neocore Workshop Schedule – Lifestyle Medicine

Neonatal Sepsis- The present and the future

Departments of Neonatology and Microbiology
CME and workshop-Neonatology Department / Microbiology Dept (18/03/2026 and 19/03/2026

19 Mar 2026 – DAY 2

9:00 — 9:30AM
Part-III- Management
Treatment of sepsis and meningitis
9:30 — 10:15 AM
Part-IV- Drug resistance and virulence
Management of multidrug resistant /highly resistant infections
10:15 — 10:45 AM
Part-IV- Drug resistance and virulence
Management of an outbreak in your NICU
10:45 — 11:00 AM
Tea Break
11:00 — 11:30AM
Part-IV: Viral and fungal infections and housekeeping
Viral Infections in the perinatal/neonatal period-When to suspect?
11:30 — 12:15PM
Part-IV: Viral and fungal infections and housekeeping
Diagnosis and management of fungal infections
12:15 — 12:45PM
Part-IV: Viral and fungal infections and housekeeping
Equipment decontamination
12:45 — 1:15PM
Part-IV: Viral and fungal infections and housekeeping
Newer antibiotics
1:15 — 2:00 PM
LUNCH
2:00 — 5:00PM
Part V: Understanding the investigations
Microbiology Lab Visit- Automated blood culture, VITEK, Media preparation, AST, RT PCR, NGS, Sanger Sequencing, Micro array
Faculty
Dr Sridhar Santhanam,
Dr Manish Kumar
Dr Balaji Veeraraghavan
Dr Valsan Verghese
Dr Rani Diana Sahni
Dr Binesh Lal
Dr Asha Mary Abraham