My experience with the hospitals that we serve is that if the afghan is intended to be used in the NICU, they prefer larger afghans - at least 28 inches.
If the afghan is intended for bereavement, then the afghan can vary from 15" up to 30" square.
however, we recently had one hospital ask for 20" square afghans for the NICU.
So, the bottom line is .... it all depends on where it's going but there's usually a hospital that will say 'that is exactly the size we prefer'
Jo
Posted on Jan 28, 2008, 10:54 AM from IP address 205.144.127.200