A Study on the Performance and Safety Test of Infant Incubator Devices

Abstract

Nowadays, most neonatal or newborn babies are put in infant incubators to overcome distress during the postnatal care. These incubators can be defined as an optimal cabin environment with electronic equipment that enables premature babies with health problems to be able to continue their vital functions and grow. Despite the support of incubators, many newborn deaths are reported within the neonatal period. Similar to any other electromedical equipment, an infant incubator must be calibrated periodically because its malfunction may cause serious damage to the newborn's health or even lead to the newborn's death. So, the reliability of infant incubator is a matter of importance, and the performance and safety of these devices must be regularly verified, at least annually, using adequate analyzer via expert persons.