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Skin
Bilirubin
Blood
Bilirubin
Without Phototherapy
With Phototherapy
Skin
Bilirubin
Blood
Bilirubin
Bilirubin
Bilirubin Photo-Products
Photo-Products
Protecting a Measurement Site
Exposure of a neonate to phototherapy creates changes in the skin due to the therapuetic affects of phototherapy lights.
If a small portion of the newborn skin is protected from the therapeutic affects of phototherapy lights, the relationship
between the skin bilirubin in the protected skin site and blood bilirubin is likely to be maintained. The accuracy of the
Bili
Chek®
transcutaneous bilirubin measurement taken from a protected site during and after phototherapy has been
determined in a controlled clinical study. The recommendations in the User Instructions are based on the results of this
study.
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