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Re: BiliChek

I don't think these meters should be used by home visiting nurses as many of these parents have been given instructions to expose their child to sunlight or have a bili blanket.  I think inpatient use is the only place where it should be to help save a few heel sticks.
All my kids had high bili, a family trait (3 exchange transfusions among my cousins)  I can attest an hour in sunlight that took away a good amount of visible jaundice can still have a serum bili of 18.

Scott