Must babies wear diapers on the BiliBed?
There is a study called “Phototherapy for neonates” from Graham Hart, Chris Day and Anne Hainsworth (published in the Journal of Neonatal Nursing) states: “Gonad protection: As long as all the UV radiation has been filtered from the phototherapy unit, there is no reason for gonad protection due to the treatment itself”. (The BiliBed does not emit any UV radiation) In the study “Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice” from K.L. Tan (published in Clinics in Perinatology, September 1991) the author states: Maximal exposure is mandatory for maximal efficacy; therefore, our infants are unclothed completely during phototherapy. Experience in over 10,000 male infants has demonstrated no ill effects even at “saturation” dose, either in the immediate or long term. Some of these patients are already in their teens and are growing and developing normally. Chances of any complications occurring to the gonads during phototherapy would indeed seem to be highly unlikely because the period of exposure is
