Heating of Newborn Infants due to Blue Light-Emitting Diode Fibreoptic Phototherapy Pads.

Background: Surface temperatures of fibreoptic phototherapy pads using a high intensity blue light-emitting diode (LED) light source have not been studied.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to measure the temperature of LED fibreoptic phototherapy pads during phototherapy in a bench-top study, and to determine temperature effects on babies during phototherapy.

Methods: A commercially available LED fibreoptic phototherapy system was tested.

Risk management and biomedical devices.

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