3 Benefits of Using an Accurate Baby Scale

A baby scale, or neonatal scale, is commonly used in hospital and clinical settings to closely monitor the smallest fluctuations in the weight of infants. It is important to weigh babies for a variety of health and medical reasons and should be done so with regularity. Unfortunately, low birth weight is associated with an increase in several complications and risk factors. So, it is particularly important to closely monitor the weight of premature and otherwise underweight infants. 

Better Monitoring For Health Risks

There are many common medical problems that are associated with low birth weight. With a baby scale, you can closely monitor weight as the baby is in their early stages. Some of the issues related to low birth weight include low oxygen levels, greater risk for infection, difficulty breathing, body temperature variations, and difficulty feeding and/or gaining weight. 

Being able to closely monitor a baby’s weight can greatly assist in making other monitoring and response decisions, such as tracking oxygen levels when an infant is not gaining weight. Additionally, a persistently low weight reading might indicate the need to increase feedings and nutritional supplements. Only with the support of a reliable means of tracking weight fluctuations can you get a full picture of an at-risk infant’s health. 

Tracking Feeding Amounts

One of the ways to better track and respond to changes, or lack thereof, in a baby’s weight is through diaper weighing, which Befour neonatal scales can do. Diaper weighing is used to track a baby’s intake and output of breast milk. When these numbers can be determined with high accuracy, they can greatly help with making meaningful adjustments to an at-risk baby’s milk consumption. These readings can also support decisions about other interventions that may be needed when a baby is gaining weight too quickly or too slowly. 

More Accurate Weight Readings

Another reason to use a precise baby scale is that it is a scale specifically developed for not only medical readings but also infants and neonates in particular. As such, these scales can provide significantly more accurate readings than “non medically approved” scales. Befour baby scales are manufactured in an FDA Approved facility using a stritch ISO:13485 quality system. 

Baby scales can offer this increased accuracy due to their overall design along with several features that make them easy to use. One such feature you will find in the Befour neonatal scale is MotionLock technology that captures individual weight readings in sequence to compile a highly accurate conglomerate reading even when a baby is moving on the scale. In fact, Befour’s neonatal scale offers outstanding accuracy within one gram. 

Choose A Befour Baby Scale 

When it comes to measuring the weight of infants, particularly at-risk newborns, there is no cutting corners. If you are ready to upgrade your facility’s neonatal scale, check out Befour’s baby scale options and features. We are sure you will agree that this scale offers everything you need to better monitor the weight and overall health of your smallest patients. To learn more about medical scales for young children and how to choose the best one for your purposes, read about what to look for in a pediatric scale.