Transforming inpatient postpartum care
The bassinet is for use in hospitals and birthing centers. It creates a bridge for mother-infant connection. This access is important for infant feeding, safe sleep, and maternal healing.
Infant drops in hospitals, which have serious implications for health outcomes, costs of care, and risk management, can be mitigated by the Couplet Care Bassinet, designed to promote safe infant sleep and handling
Clinicians benefit from better patient care
The Couplet Care Bassinet provides a more accommodating rooming-in context. This transformation is particularly important for patients who are recovering from cesarean section, experiencing complications, those with Limited English Proficiency, and those who do not have a companion who can be present with them throughout their inpatient postpartum stay. These challenges often intersect and contribute to health disparities.
The Couplet Care Bassinet has been documented through independently-conducted research funded by the National Institutes of Health as reducing patient calls to nursing staff. Reducing the need for a nurse to come into the postnatal unit room to pick up or set down an infant is key for everyone involved. Parents want to be able to access their infants and this is a critical patient safety and clinical efficiency issue.
For birthing parents who have limited ability to recognize and respond to their infants as needed, due to health complications, disabilities, medication side-effects, limited mobility, or fatigue – the unique access that the Couplet Care Bassinet provides is transformative. If a mother is recovering from cesarean section childbirth, on magnesium, has a disability, or has an infant recovering from neonatal abstinence syndrome, the access is critical.
Reduces nurse time in postnatal unit room by 73%
The US is facing a shortfall in direct patient care RN’s of 1.1 million by 2025. By allowing more freedom and autonomy we have estimated a 73% reduction in moms calls to the nurse for non-medical reasons.
Reduces infant time out-of-room by 60%
The Baby Friendly Hospital standard is less than 60 minutes/day out-of-room time for newborn infants for non-medical reasons. In a NIH-funded study, those randomized to have Couplet Care Bassinet had an average of only 27 minutes of infants out-of-room.
Lowers risk of newborn injuries and lawsuits
The unique access that the Couplet Care Bassinet provides is designed to lower risk of infant drops and suffocation, as well as support maternal physical recovery after childbirth. This patient safety needs have immense consequences.
FAQs
If patients have the Couplet Care Bassinet, will that limit their adherence to the enhanced recovery protocol after cesarean delivery?
No. Mothers can and should engage in early movement after childbirth regardless of the type of bassinet they have while rooming-in. Patients recovering from cesarean section should not be required to stand up or stretch their torso to see and reach their infants, which can introduce physical complications and frustration.
Does the bassinet meet hospital safety standards and infection control guidelines?
Yes. The bassinet meets or exceeds safety and clean-ability requirements.
What safety features prevent accidental tipping or unintentional movement?
The bassinet tub extension over the bed has a counterbalanced weight mechanism, ensuring stability that has passed rigorous safety testing.
Does the bassinet accommodate various bed heights and hospital room layouts?
Yes. The Bassinet is height adjustable, with a range that goes down to align with the lowest hospital bed level and up for infant assessments and comfortable transport. The bassinet can be swiveled to either side of the base and the tub rotates 360 degrees, so it can be positioned on either side of the maternal bed.
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