The Australian Safe-n-Sound Baby Safety Capsule and its effect on oxygen saturation values in infants ready for discharge home.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the effect of Australian Safe-n-Sound Baby Safety Capsule (BSC) on oxygen saturation (SpO2) values of preterm and term infants ready for discharge home.


METHODS
A two-group pretest/protest quasi-experimental study compared the effect of the BSC on SpO2.


METHODS
Thirty-nine low birth weight premature newborn infants and 19 term newborn infants ready for discharge home.


METHODS
Mean oxygen saturation values and the number of oxygen desaturation events below 90 percent.


RESULTS
The mean SpO2 values for both preterm and term infants were within the normal range (>90-100 percent) for each phase of data collection (baseline, capsule, and recovery). However, mean SpO2 values decreased from baseline during the 60 minutes spent in the BSC for the preterm infants.
Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia. jdawson@pnc.com.au
Jennifer Anne
JA
Dawson
M Colleen
MC
Stainton
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D015370:Infant Equipment / Q000592:standards*; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D009517:New South Wales; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D010100:Oxygen