BEDSIDE CABINET FOR THE NEWBORN INFANT DESIGNED FOR ROOMING-IN FACILITIES

[摘要] IT IS necessary to provide convenient and practical methods of infant handling in adopting the principle of rooming-in and selective feeding procedures. This is important, since the mother plays a prominent role in the daily care of her infant. The infant must be available to her for a greater part of the day. She deserves consideration in the ease with which she can handle her infant. The carriage for the newborn infant, therefore, becomes an all important link in this service.The bassinet in use on the maternity service at the George Washington University Hospital fills most of these requirements. In the over-all planning of this service, the bassinet was designed to fulfill the following demands: 1. simplicity; 2. ease of cleaning; 3. mobility—to move to and from the mother's room; 4. drawers and compartments to store bedside and nursery equipment sufficient for complete care of the infant; 5. foolproof attachment to the mother's bed in adjustable positions; 6. moveable bassinet on top of the cabinet for convenient and easy lifting-out and replacing the infant; 7. clear plastic bassinet for observation of the infant by nurse and mother.The cabinet-bassinet is easily moveable and is provided with 5 inch casters. The cabinet is 19 inches wide, 28½ inches long and 30 inches deep (legs included) surmounted by the bassinet held in a frame which can be pulled laterally for a distance of 18 inches, just clearing the top of the mother's bed. This places the infant in such a position that, without strain or awkwardness, he can be lifted out by the mother.

[学科分类] 儿科学