Topical Coconut Oil Application and Incidence of Sepsis in Neonates

Inclusion Criteria: * Premature infants 24-36 weeks gestational age * Full-term infants 37-42 weeks gestational age * Less than 48 hours of age at enrollment * Admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of Indira Gandhi Institute for Child Health, Cloudnine Hospital at Old Airport Road and Cloudnine Hospital at Jayangar, Bangalore * Expected to be in the neonatal intensive care unit for at least 4 days after enrollment * Able to tolerate study procedures as described * Parent/guardian willing to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Medically unstable * Parent/guardian unable to provide written informed consent * Presence of inherited cutaneous condition e.g., scalded skin syndrome, epidermolysis bullosa * Presence of major congenital anomalies * Infants undergoing surgery