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Training Module: Accurately Weighing and Measuring: Technique

Infant Measurement: Weighing Infants
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3. Weighing Infants: Quality of Measurements

Record the weight as soon as it is completed. Then the infant should be re-positioned and the weight measurement repeated and noted in writing.

After the infant is removed from the scale tray, the weights should be compared and they should agree within 0.1 kg or 1/4 lb.

If the difference between the weights exceeds the tolerance limit of 0.1 kg or 1/4 lb, the infant should be re-positioned and reweighed a third time. Then record the average of the two weights in closest agreement.

 

Experienced measurers will be adept at handling infants and sensitive to their response to physical manipulation. Confidence and a sure manner will be reassuring to parents.

Infant on scale   Check Write the weight on the infant’s chart
  Check Reposition and repeat weighing the infant
  Check Compare weights
  Check Weight should agree within 0.1 kg or 1/4 lb. This is the tolerance of the measure.
 

 


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