To determine the effect of universal transcutaneous bilirubin (TcB) screening on total serum bilirubin (TSB) blood draws and phototherapy usage. The subjects were infants ⩾36 weeks gestation. In ...

Oct. 3, 2009— -- A new study has shown that universal screening for bilirubin reduced the number of infants who developed severe jaundice, a condition that can lead to seizures and brain ...

Between 2004 and 2008, 129,345 infants were born before implementation of universal screening and 899,472 were born after. Screening involved either serum or transcutaneous hour-specific bilirubin ...