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We feed the baby before the MRI. While the product is described as a "bag", it's really not. I'll try to describe it. It's really a plastic rectangular pad. At the level of the shoulders it cuts in so the face isn't covered when you wrap the baby in it. The pad feels like it has mini styrofoam balls in it. There are straps that hold it around the baby. The really neat thing about it is that after you secure the infant in it, you atatch a vacuum to a port on the pad and "suck the air " out of it. It contains the infant without compressing him. The baby looks like a little papoose. I tried it on my arm when we first got it because I was concerned that it was "squishing" the baby. I couldn't even get it to constrict on my arm. The babies seem to tolerate it well. We have used it on ventilated patients without problems. The babies also stay warm. We had problems with the babies getting very cold during the procedure. We also are not having to deal with the side effects of the sedation. We have had to delay discharges because an infant has had an apneic spell when sedated. I can't give any real numbers on how many interruptions we've had due to crying babies. I've only had one "failed" study and it was successfully repeated the next day. We seem to have the biggest problems with our extreme micropremies who are now 3-4 months old and don't like the confinement. I did one tonight and did have to take her out 3 times but we finished it . This was the exception to the rule. Usually we are able to do it with no interruptions. I'm not aware of any concerns from the parents but I'm also not sure how familiar they are with the procedure itself. I think the parents find it reassuring that there is no need for sedation. I took the original web addess from my address bar but have found another on the product. www.cfimedicaL.com Product ID: VMR433X01 1 8036 Sorry for the dissertation. Hope it is helpful. I do think this has been one of the most impressive products I have seen (and I'm not a company rep). Debra

Hello from Austin, Texas. Until recently we were using chloralhydrate. The babies had to be npo and have IV's started. We recently trialed a product that has allowed us to do MRI's without any sedation at all. We have had a 94% success rate without using any sedation. As a nurse who must take infant's for their scans this has been a miracle device as far as we're concerned. The company is CFI Medical Solutons, the product is MedVac Vacuum immobilizaton Bag, Infant splint. Part number: VMR33PUBB. The web address is: www.contourfab.com Debra Boyd:)

The tpn filter is from Hospira. Packaging reads Macrobore extension set List No. 20668-28

Sorry. Apparently I was looking at a different piece of tubing. Here's the correct information. ICU Medical, Inc 800-824-7890 I think this is the product number 12120 Non-DEHP Smallbore Bifuse EXT set with 2 Clave, 2 clamps, rotating luer This is the labeling on the packaging.

We use filters in all our TPN lines. The company is Hospira. It has a 0.2 micron filter. I'm not aware of any problems with them. We run our TPN and lipids through a bifuse tubing. There is very little actual mixing, We use a microbore tubing that has only a 0.2 cc fill (where the mixing occurs, total fill of the system is 0.4cc). We've never had any problems running them this way. (I've been doing it this way for 30 years.) Debby

We are currently changing our policy regarding stuffed toys in the beds. Due to concerns regarding infection only toys that can be wiped down will be allowed. The other issue with toys in beds is the concern of parents modeling our behavior. It is not recommended to have toys in the bed due to the SIDS risks.