Infant care bed with evaluation capabilities

摘要

An infant care bed (10) for supporting an infant having incorporated therein, certain testing and evaluation devices to carrying out the evaluation of an infant in a medical care facility. The apparatus can carry out at least one of the following tests on the infant: determining the weight of an infant, determining the sucking strength of an infant, determining the ability of the infant to hear certain frequencies and determining the bilirubin level of the infant's blood. The infant care bed (10) includes a computer with a memory device (36) such that the hospital can input a customized protocol of the tests to be performed on the infant and the criteria for passing the tests. A data input (34) allows the personnel to input test results and a display (42) provides an account of the tests performed and the tests not performed to assure that all of the tests required by the protocol are conducted.