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Training Module: Accurately Weighing and Measuring: Equipment

Lengthboards for measuring infants
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4. Lengthboards for Measuring Infants

An accurate lengthboard for measuring infants is dedicated to length measurement. It has a firm, flat horizontal surface with a measuring tape in 1 mm (0.1 cm) or 1/8 inch increments, an immovable headpiece at a right angle to the tape, and a smoothly moveable footpiece, perpendicular to the tape.

Illustration of lengthboard

Illustration © Nardella, M, Campo, L, Ogata, B, eds. Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs, Olympia, WA, State Department of Health, 2001. 		A firm, flat horizontal surface with a measuring tape in 1 mm (0.1 cm) or 1/8 inch increments
An immovable headpiece at a right angle to the tape
A moveable footpiece, perpendicular to the tape
   


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