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Table 1 Irradiance of conventional blue light phototherapy machines prior to intervention

From: Evaluation of a simple intervention to reduce exchange transfusion rates among inborn and outborn neonates in Myanmar, comparing pre- and post-intervention rates

Hospital

Single or double-sided

No. machines

No. measured

Median readings [Range] µW/nm/cm2

Inborn A

Single

6

6

12.0 [8–23]

Double - above

2

2

15.0 [10–20]

Double - below

  

15.0 [10–20]

Inborn B

Single

7

7

7.0 [5–11]

Double - above

2

2

11.0 [5–17]

Double - below

  

12.5 [8–17]

Outborn A

Single

9

3

20.0 [11–23]

Double - above

1

1

10.0 [n/a]

Double - below

  

10.0 [n/a]

Outborn B

Single

10

4

11.0 [7–13]

Double - above

3

0

n/a

 

Double - below

   
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