Jennifer Leigh Muma Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Tampa General Hospital's Jennifer Leigh Muma 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.
The state-of-the-art NICU more than doubles the old unit's size to approximately 52,000 square feet with 82 beds. The NICU includes isolation rooms and an infant stabilization unit. This unit was designed and built to meet the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for New Construction version 2.2 rating system
and is pursuing Gold level certification. To learn about the sustainable features and systems used in the Jennifer Leigh Muma Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, click here. This unit incorporates several key design elements:
increases the square footage per NICU bed as well as the number of licensed beds
provides an environment of healing
utilizes private beds and small pods
offers more caregiving and personal space at the bedside
includes variable lighting and noise reduction methods
incorporates family support space
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.
CaringBridge is a free service offered to patients of Tampa General Hospital. This service
allows you to create private personalized websites to keep family and friends informed
about your baby's hospitalization. The patient or their family maintains the website. To safeguard
patients' privacy, TGH staff cannot set up or maintain CaringBridge for patients. Ask your nurse
for more details about the service.
Click here for more details about CaringBridge.
Tampa General Hospital's Jennifer Leigh Muma 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.
