Hyperbilirubinemia Toolkit
Clinical Practice Alert: Newborn Hyperbilirubinemia - June 2023
Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health
Hyperbilirubinemia in Term and Late Pre-term Infants (≥35 weeks) Clinical Pathway Toolkit
Note: the MOHLTC determined that the Hyperbilirubinemia Quality Based Procedure will no longer be funded. (see note)
Guidelines, Articles
Guidelines for detection, managementand prevention of hyperbilirubinemia in term and late preterm newborn infants (35 or more weeks’ gestation)(Canadian Paediatric Society, 2018)
Failure to identify / manage neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (HIROC, Sept 2020)
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia case study (HIROC, Oct 2017)
Parent Resources
Jaundice in Newborns – Information for Parents (Canadian Paediatric Society, 2012)
Jaundice (OMama, 2016)
Newborn Jaundice and Your Baby (Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health, 2017)
What is jaundice? (Association of Ontario Midwives, 2019)
What is phototherapy and why does my baby need it? (Association of Ontario Midwives, 2019)