Our Neonatal ICU uses gauze placed inside a babies diaper to collect urine in these very tiny babies.
The gauze is then squeezed out by a nurse onto a dipstick or sometimes sent to our lab for analysis. They use the dipstick to check specific gravity as one of the assessments for dehydration.
How do the rest of your NICUs collect urine from this very premature babies as their skin is so fragile the little plastic bags can't be adhered to their skin.
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