Neonatal jaundice icterometer, a piece of transparent plastic painted in five transverse strips of graded yellow lines, is not recommended. This is hand held, portable and rechargeable but expensive. When pressure is applied to the photoprobe, a xenon tube generates a strobe light, and this light passes through the subcutaneous tissue. The reflected light returns through the second fiber optic bundle to the spectrophotometric module. The intensity of the yellow color in this light, after correcting for the hemoglobin, is measured and instantly displayed in arbitrary units. Any of the following features suggests pathological jaundice: The signs which help detect pathological jaundice
Shimla jaundice outbreak Shimla jaundice outbreak The Shimla jaundice outbreak is an outbreak of jaundice in the North Indian town of Shimla. The first reported cases of jaundice in Shimla began in December 2015. As of March 2016 the outbreak is still ongoing, and should continue without changes to Shimla's water system. According to official estimates 10 people have died and 1600 have developed the disease. Unofficial estimates put the number of infected at over 10,000, with half of the total families in Shimla having experienced infection. The cause of the outbreak is Hepatitis E contamination in Shimla's water supply, stemming from improperly