The development of a neonatal stool colour comparator

• Published in: Midwifery Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 35 - 40
• Main Authors: Salariya, Ellena M, Robertson, Catherine M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.03.1993
• Subjects: Feces; Humans; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Infant, Newborn; Meconium; Neonatal Nursing - methods; Nursing; Nursing Assessment - standards; Nursing Evaluation Research

The policies which exist to monitor the passage of neonatal stool vary between and within hospitals. When stool colour is required, the recorded observations are invariably subjective opinions and as such are largely unreliable. The development of a stool colour comparator allowed an objective test...