Infants with a birth weight <1500g should have their stools tested for occult blood beginning after the passage of meconium and continuing until they are one month old. Older infants and infants with a birth weight >1500g may have bedside stool hemoccult checks performed by MD or NNP order.

Resolved by NICU Collaborative Pathways Committee 3/2000 and discussed at the Clinical Division Meeting 4/2000 and Nursery Policy & Procedure Meeting 6/21/00. This information is also available in NICU Nursing Guidelines 40:08.62.