The Accuracy and Reliability of Masimo SET Significantly Reduces False Alarms and Makes Reliable Clinician Notification on the General Wards Possible
Unacceptably high false alarm rates with conventional pulse oximetry (often as high as 70%) can make it inappropriate for continuous monitoring on the general ward. Masimo SET is the best pulse oximetry choice for patient safety, clinical efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
Additional Breakthrough Measurements for Increased Patient Protection
Expandable rainbow® technology in Masimo bedside devices enables you to also measure noninvasive and continuous respiration rate (RRa™) and total haemoglobin (SpHb®).
Acoustic Respiration Rate (RRa)
Respiration rate is a critical vital sign that provides early detection of respiratory compromise and patient distress.
Continuous monitoring of respiration rate is especially important for post-surgical patients receiving patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for pain management as the sedation can induce respiratory depression and place patients at considerable risk of serious injury or death.1-5
| > | rainbow Acoustic Monitoring™ noninvasively and continuously measures respiration rate using an innovative adhesive sensor with an integrated acoustic transducer that is easily and comfortably applied to the patient’s neck. | |
| > | End-tidal CO2 monitoring is also available on Patient SafetyNet*, using either the Oridion Capnostream 20 or the CAS 750 monitor. |
Total Haemoglobin (SpHb)
Post-surgical bleeding is a risk factor for many procedures and patients.
| > | Internal bleeding can be difficult to detect as vital signs can be a very late indicator. | |
| > | Low haemoglobin can help identify patients with internal bleeding, but traditional laboratory measurements are infrequent and delayed.6 | |
| > | Blood loss can significantly increase the cost of treatment. | |
| > | Noninvasive and continuous monitoring of haemoglobin may help you assess the patient to determine treatment and additional test options. |
Masimo noninvasive and continuous haemoglobin monitoring (SpHb) provides you with your patients' real-time haemoglobin status.
- 1 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Sentinel event alert: patient controlled analgesia by proxy. JCAHO. 2004. - 2 Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Safety issues with patient-controlled analgesia: Part I – How errors occur. ISMP. 2003.
- 3 Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Safety issues with patient-controlled analgesia: Part II – How to prevent errors. ISMP. 2003.
- 4 Bird M. Acute pain management: a new area of liability for anesthesiologists. ASA Newsletter. 2007; 71:8.
- 5 Weinger MB. Dangers of post-operative opioids: APSF workshop and white paper address prevention of postoperative respiratory complications. APSF Newsletter. 2006; 21(4):61-68.
- 6 Ehrenfeld JM, et al. American Society of Anesthesiologists. 2010; LB05.
- * The use of the trademarks PATIENT SAFETYNET and PSN is under license from University HelathSystem Consortium