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Electronic Baby Locator debuts in the Newborn Center

Baby Locator finds babies

Caregivers in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Levels II and III can now find the hospital’s youngest patients even faster due to an electronic arrival known as Baby Locator.

A collaborative effort of Neonatology, Nursing and Information Services, the computer software application – installed only at NICU workstations – is expected to save time and improve efficiency for health care workers and administrative staff.

“With 140 beds and more than 50,000 square feet, the Texas Children’s Newborn Center^® is the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the country,” said Dr. Leonard Weisman, chief of the Newborn Center. “The unique computer-assisted locator was developed to help physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and allied health care providers quickly and independently determine the patient’s bed/room number and its location in the NICU.”

Systems Analyst Laura Perry said the application is easy to use.

“The caregiver simply enters identifying information, such as the infant’s name or physician,” she said. “After the patient is highlighted, the Baby Locator provides a bed/room number and a physical map with an icon to guide the caregiver to his or her location.”

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