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4. Lengthboards for Measuring Infants
Equipment must be
used for the purpose for which it is designed. The lengthboard is a tool
that should be specifically designed for measuring the length of infants.
Dual purpose tools are seldom as accurate as needed for infant length
measurements.
It is inappropriate to use improvised equipment for measuring length --
such as measuring tapes or yardsticks attached to table tops. Measuring
between two pencil marks on an exam table does not provide an accurate
measurement.
A length measuring device attached to an infant scale is not accurate
because the headpiece is not perpendicular and stationary and the footpiece
is not perpendicular to a stable table.
Inappropriate clinic equipment used for measuring has a tendency to measure
short.
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Equipment
must be used for the purpose for which it was designed |
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No
devices attached to scales, rulers or tapes on examination tables |
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Lengthboards
for infants must be sturdy, easily cleaned and specific to the purpose |
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