Light Reduction Capabilities of Homemade and Commercial Incubator Covers in NICU
Table 2
(a) Description of crochet (open weave) incubator and oxyhood covers by length, width, total area, weight, and color. (b) Description of 3 layer quilts (closed weave) over incubator and oxyhood covers by length, width, total area, weight, and color. (c) Description of commercial blanket covers over incubator and oxyhood covers by length, width, total area, weight, and color. (d) Description of flannel covers and receiving blanket cover over incubator and oxyhood covers by length, width, total area, weight, and color.
(a)
Cover crochet
Length (inches)
Width (inches)
Total area (inches)
Weight (Kg)
Color side 1 (1), side 2 (2)
1
18.60
17.00
316.20
.100
Solid royal blue
2
19.10
17.20
328.52
.115
5 stripessolid navy blue royal blue, grey, and hunter green
3
18.30
17.40
318.42
.135
Solid light beige
4
35.60
23.40
833.04
.300
5 stripesrust, salmon, dark brown, cream, and dark green
5
20.00
18.00
360.00
.140
Solid sage and grey stripes
6
18.70
16.50
308.55
.105
Solid royal blue
7
18.60
18.40
342.24
.130
Solid red, rose, and brown stripes
8
20.20
16.40
331.28
.130
Solid heather and light beige stripes
9
20.70
17.50
362.25
.150
Solid sage
10
19.20
17.00
326.40
.100
Solid royal blue
Mean
20.90
17.88
382.70
.141
SD
5.22
2.03
159.20
.059
(b)
Cover quilt
Length (inches)
Width (inches)
Total area (inches)
Weight (Kg)
Color side 1 (1), side 2 (2)
1
42.60
40.10
1708.30
.295
(1) Lime green, (2) lime green, mustard, white, and brown in floral pattern
2
42.00
34.00
1428
.500
(1), (2) Pink/red/hunter green/yellow patchwork with yellow and white flowers on white with fringed edge
3
34.00
33.00
1122
.900
(1) White, (2) snoopy figures on cream background
4
41.00
34.00
1394
.280
(1) Rust with small, white dots, (2) rose and green flowers
(1) Pink with small white stars (2) alternating squares of pink, star fabric, and solid light pink
7
44.70
40.50
1810.40
.495
(1) Light blue/white stripes (2) Same as side 1 with strawberry shortcake circles
8
43.60
34.10
1486.80
.280
(1) White with pink/green/blue alphabet and angels (2) Squares of pink/green/blue letters
9
42.00
41.60
1747.20
.350
(1) White with pink/blue hearts/stars (2) Pink/yellow/blue clouds-white/lavender background
Mean
40.20
36.50
1474.80
.329
SD
4.00
3.40
243.30
.068
(c)
Cover
Length (inches)
Width (inches)
Total area (inches)
Weight (Kg)
Color side 1 (1), side 2 (2)
Commercialclosed wave
1-new
C = 37.70 R = 18.70 L = 19.10
C = 35.30 R =16.60 L = 16.70
C = 1330.81 R = 310.42 L = 318.97
.680
(1) Light grey (2) White with small purple, blue, purple, and pink hearts
2worn
C = 31.86 R = 16.37 L = 16.50
C = 37.13 R = 19.99 L = 20.25
C = 1182.96 R = 327.24 L = 334.13
.495
(1) Light grey (2) White with small purple, blue, purple, and pink hearts
Mean
MC = 34.78* MR = 17.54** ML = 17.8***
MC = 36.22 MR = 18.30 ML = 18.47
MC = 1256.89 MR = 318.83 ML = 326.55
.588
Total mean Total SD
1902.27 57.94
MC: mean area of incubator that is covered. **MR: mean area of right end wall of incubator that is covered. ***ML: mean area of left end wall of incubator that is covered. C: center of incubator cover. R: right side cover of incubator cover. L: left side cover of incubator.
(d)
Cover
Length (inches)
Width (inches)
Total area (inches)
Weight (Kg)
Color side 1 (1), side 2 (2)
Flannelclosed weave
1
42.50
33.50
1423.80
.340
(1) Aqua, (2) yellow squares on green/white checked background
2
36.25
31.00
1123.75
.170
(1), (2) Small pink/white checks with yellow pony
3
4.37
34.13
1173.05
.360
(1) White, (2) random squares of pink, aqua, blue white, green, and bright yellow
Mean
1340.20
SD
122.40
Receiving blanketopen weave
1
34.88
28.5
994.08
.125
White with varying width pink and light blue stripes at one edge
