WORKING ON THE APP
For the first two to three weeks of their lives, infants have to have screen for the situation, which usually involves regular doctor visits, SGH noted.
To obtain a blood test, newborns are now screened using a light-emitting portable device to determine the baby’s skin’s yellowness, both of which are carried out in a healthcare setting.  ,
Parents may be concerned about exposing their children to flying diseases, doctors said.  ,
Kids face a number of problems in the early stages, including lack of sleep, according to principal analyst Dr. Alvin Ngeow.  ,
He noted that mother, particularly those who are recovering from pregnancy and postpartum depression, may be doing this.  ,
According to the senior analyst at SGH’s Neonatal and Developmental Medicine Department, for stress for parents were taken into account when developing the game so that parents can accurately test for hepatitis in the health and comfort of their own homes.  ,
He continued, noting that the majority of apps for this purpose just use a second point of reference, such as the head, to determine whether a child has jaundice.  ,
” In fact, a kid who has jaundice you have various body parts turn yellow at various degrees.” However, the other software were developed in other countries for children who may have skin tones that are different from that of (our ) native people, a factor that has bearing on accuracy”, Dr Ngeow said.
The app, jointly developed by SGH, SingHealth Polyclinics ( SHP ) and national healthtech agency Synapxe, takes readings from the chest and abdomen, and works with both lighter and darker skin tones.