Abstract
During the two years since Yamanouchi et al1 first reported their clinical evaluation of the Minolta bilirubinometer, an international distributor has been designated and in November 1981 the Food and Drug Administration approved the instrument (to be marketed as the Minolta Air-Shields jaundice meter by Narco Air-Shields, Hatboro, PA) for clinical use. The Minolta meter is compact, instantaneous, and extremely simple to operate, so that it has gained wider usage than previous methods2-5 that objectively measure icterus in newborns. In contrast to the unaided eye or the perspex icterometer,6 there is no opportunity for observer bias or for variations in ambient lighting to influence the determination with the Minolta meter.
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