We have Nivea cream prn written into our standing orders (keep in mind this is mostly well-baby with some little peanuts, lights, abx, and withdrawers thrown in) for dry/peeling skin. Sometimes it helps parents feel better if we're 'doing something' but I don't recall ever seeing phototx rash bad enough to actually need intervention.
I don't recall seeing many rashes simply from phototherapy. We put a cloth mask on the baby, not the kind that stick to the baby's head. And aquaphor for dry skin. Make sure the old style of phototherapy lamps is calibrated to the right level. The neo-blues don't seem to need to be calibrated--but on smaller babies, we put the baby in an isolette before using the neo-blue so the baby will be warmer and the light is far enough away.
Julie Basilio
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I need help. What do you do with the rashes acquired from phototherapy?
Thanks a lot!