Lighting Neonatal

Although wards housing several infants still exist many NICUs are being designed as.

Lighting neonatal. Should control lighting in the NICU to promote the environmental adaptation of preterm infants and avoid unsuitable responses indicative of stress. The pregnant woman is exposed to variable intensities of light and sound and generally to lower levels at night. Lighting level measured in lux in neonatal units has described a parabolic curve since the second half of the twentieth century22 NICUs from the 80s were bright and well-lit matching technological burst and the highly sophisticated neonatal care.

Lighting plays a pivotal role in neonatal intensive care units NICUs. The major results were that natural or artificial light should not exceed 1000 lux and that all changes in light level should be gradual. Preterm infants are cared for in neonatal units that are usually lit bya combination ofnatural and artificial light the latter provided by fluorescent tubes.

The change between day and night lighting should be gradual to avoid unnecessarily awakening the infants 3. Potential benefits and harms of different lighting in neonatal units have not been quantified. This paper reviews the literature on the effects of light on the development of premature infants and on the performance of health care professionals in neonatal intensive care units Nicus.

The authors surmise that lighting should be quiet reliable efficient maintenance- free and flexible in accordance with the diverse and changing requirements of the NICU users. To light of a neonate depends however on bothphysicalandbiological factors andmore research is required before an accurate esti-matecanbe made. Protection from intense light Nowadays people are aware that premature babies need a light.

Infants in the NICU often spend a lot of time trying to sleep in spite of bright lighting noise and unpredictable handling. Light protection should be used for infants of. Too much exposure and brightness can be extremely damaging to a newborns development.

The BioCentric Lighting system is provided in the neonatal ward to help prematurely born children gain the necessary strength and to assist strained parents and staff to manage the daily pressure. Lighting must be adequate to allow speedy and accurate assessments of unstable neonates but stable infants require periods of reduced lighting or darkness to promote sleep 2. Ideas gleaned from nonhospital settings re-introduction of natural light into the neonatal intensive care unit and new devices such as light-emitting diodes will dramatically change the lighting and visual environment of future neonatal intensive care units.