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Table 1 Phototherapy devices per hospital, range of irradiance levels, and distances measured and recommended by the manufacturers

From: Current phototherapy practice on Java, Indonesia

PT devices

No. of hospitals /devices

(n/n)

Irradiance levels

(μ W/cm2/nm)

Distance

(cm)

Measured

median (range)

Specified by MDA Manufacturera

Measured median (range)

Recommended

Airshield Foto Tx Systemb

1/1

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

40

Fanem Bilitron 3006c [14]

1/1

2.6 (0.7–3.6)

35–40

40

30

Tesenab [15]

1/1

7.3 (5.4–7.7)

62

24

30

Choongwae PTb

1/ 2

7.9 (5.5–10.3)

41 (37–45)

Gammatech PT BGMb

1/ 4

8.3 (7–10.1)

50

My Life MP-71b

4/5

8.6 (6–15.5)

40 (40–45)

30

GEA XHZ 90b [16]

7/18

11.3 (6.6–39.4)

9–27

40 (25–59)

Nidea PT 2000–1600b

1/ 2

11.7 (7.1–16.1)

30

Medelab [17]

4/12

13.3 (3.5–38.5)

14–31

30 (28–40)

25–40

YON DON PTb

1/ 2

13.7 (9.1–19.7)

40

Onemed GLQ 2b

1/1

14.7 (13–15.7)

40

Ohmeda 2 pcs PT Light II Halogen + Philips Blued [18]

1/1

15.9 (8.4–27.8)

3–76

(15–35)

40

Draeger PT 4000b [19]

2/3

19.1 (9.7–35)

14–27

32.5 (30–35)

30–40

GE Lullaby Fluoresensb [20]

1/ 2

23.3 (13.1–25)

20–30

35

30

Philips TL 20 W/52 SLV/25b

3/5

30.9 (9.1–36.8)

35 (29–37)

Bistos BT 400c [21]

2/3

32.7 (11.9–79.3)

>  30

42 (34–50)

30

GE Lullaby LEDc [22]

4/9

39.9 (12.5–57.9)

22–45

40 (32–45)

30

Tende LEDc [23]

2/ 2

46 (36.5–127)

33–120

32.5 (30–35)

40

Seefar 4000 Spotc

1/ 2

65.2 (44.4–80.6)

25

Novos Bilisphere LEDc [24]

1/1

91.4 (65.3–95.7)

>  60

17

20

  1. aData provided by the Medical Device Agency (MDA) or Manufacturers in μ W/cm2/nm, the lowest and highest value are presented [14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24]
  2. Type of PT device: bFluorescent, cLED, dHalogen