Pediatrics: buying guides & advice

How to Choose Pediatric Medical Equipment

Pediatric medical equipment encompasses devices designed to diagnose, monitor, and treat patients from birth through age 21, ranging from neonatal incubators and phototherapy systems to size-specific exam tables, BP cuffs, and emergency tools like the Broselow tape. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act defines pediatric patients as persons aged 21 or younger at the time of their diagnosis or treatment, with subpopulations including neonates from birth through the first 28 days of life. Buyers include children's hospitals, NICUs, pediatrician offices, urgent-care clinics, school health services, and ambulatory surgery centers building or refreshing pediatric service lines.