We are fundraising £15,718.33 to support over 6,000 babies per year by providing Liverpool Women’s Hospital with 3 Jaundice Meters (Transcutaneous Bilirubinometers), one for each of their Community Midwife Teams. These handheld devices allow midwives to non-invasively assess newborn babies through the skin, providing instant readings during home visits. This enables immediate identification of babies with jaundice and ensures accuracy in their hospital referrals.
Currently, if jaundice is suspected, babies must be sent to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital for further investigations, a stressful experience for families. Having jaundice meters available for each team will:
- Allow accurate assessment at home, reducing the number of unnecessary hospital referrals.
- Promote a better patient and family experience across the community.
- Enable midwives to act quickly and confidently, reducing the risk of kernicterus, a rare but serious form of brain damage caused by untreated jaundice.
- Support equity in care, particularly for babies with darker skin tones, where visual assessment is more difficult.
- Ensure care is provided in the right place at the right time, closer to home wherever safe to do so.
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