In this episode of The Lab, Daddy Clay and Daddy Brad are on the road in Cleveland, Ohio where they bring you a look at the Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, one of the leading neonatal hospitals in the country. Dr. Richard J. Martin, the Director of the Division of Neonatology and Pediatrics describes what makes this NICU so special for premature babies. Along with great physicians, nurses and staff, preemies receive world class care in their own private single rooms. DadLabs Ep. 626 is brought to you by BabyBjorn.

Daddy Brad: Welcome back to a very special edition of The Lab. We are here today at the Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
Daddy Clay: And today we're gonna learn about what's taking place in the very leading edge of care for premature babies.
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Daddy Clay: Come one, let's go inside and take a look.
Dr. Martin: When I think what makes a special, I think it's a combination of the physical facility and the people and the staff. We have always had a staff, physician, nursing, respiratory therapy, who have been so committed to the babies and their families. But we've never really had a physical facility to match that and I think we can now show people like yourself through here and we can say, you can really say, "Wow, this is nice." It's quiet. In designing a new NICU, it's all single rooms. We had a lot of input from families who had had a premature baby. If you've got a baby that's right jammed up against another baby, that's got a very different problem, that is maybe quite fragile, maybe even unfortunately dying or having a complication - this is very stressful if you're all in there together. The privacy factor I think is so important. Everyone think's a preemie's a preemie and all neonatal patients are the same, but they're really not. Almost every baby in this nursery is either getting his or her own mother's milk. Or if that's not possible, is getting donor milk. The anxiety level is considerably lower, but it's also that the staffing is much easier. If the staff are calmer, I think the family, it'll translate into the family well-being. I think NICU's are quieter, kinder, sort of gentler places now and I think that's what it's all about.