BEMPU Bracelet
Bempu Health
Solution Overview & Benefits
The TempWatch is a simple bracelet given to newborns when discharged to home. The bracelet monitors the newborn’s temperature continuously for 30 days.
If the baby is warm, the device blinks a blue light. If the baby is cold, an orange light and tune wakes the parent so they can warm the baby before injury or death occurs.
Regular temperature monitoring can enable early intervention and is one of the most effective ways to ensure newborns are healthy.
The device is simple to use, safe, fits low-to-normal weight infants, and promotes kangaroo care - a method of caring for premature babies in which the infants are held skin-to-skin with a parent, usually the mother, for as many hours as possible every day.
History & Development
Hypothermia and infection are among the top causes of newborn deaths and illnesses. Regular temperature monitoring has the ability to prevent hypothermia and prevent up to 42% of neonatal death. Regular temperature monitoring is the standard of care in developed countries. However, as part of BEMPU’s research in 100+ clinics in low-resource areas, the BEMPU team saw nurses and parents do not monitor newborns temperatures adequately. To fix this, they developed an intuitive temperature monitoring device to be used in the hospital and home during the entire neonatal period.
Availability
- Publicly available: Yes
- Countries where available: Worldwide
- Offered or can be licensed for local manufacture: No
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