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SpO₂
WARNING
Topreventerroneousreadings,donotuseaphysically
damagedCARESCAPESpO
2
orsensors.Discarddamaged
sensorsimmediately.Neverrepairadamagedsensoror
CARESCAPESpO
2
;neveruseasensororCARESCAPESpO
2
repairedbyothers.
WARNING
Pulseratemeasurementisbasedontheopticaldetectionofa
peripheralowpulseandthereforedoesnotdetectcertain
arrhythmias.Thepulseoximetershouldnotbeusedasa
replacementorsubstituteforECG-basedarrhythmiaanalysis.
WARNING
Cable/sensoraftercare:
●Donotreusesensorsintendedforsinglepatientuse.
●Donotsterilizesensorsorpatientcablesbyirradiation,
steam,orethyleneoxide.
●Cleanthesurfaceofthereusableprobebeforeandafter
eachpatientuse.
●Allowsensorandcabletodrycompletelyaftercleaning.
Moistureanddirtontheconnectorcanaffectthe
measurementaccuracy.
●Ifaprobeisdamagedinanyway,discontinueuse
immediately.
●InaccurateSpO
2
datacanresultifasensorispastitsuseful
life.Therefore,re-evaluatethemeasurementperiodically
byperformingadditionalassessmentofthepatientand
equipment,includingconsiderationofuseofalternate
monitoringmethodssuchasdirectmeasurementof
arterialoxyhemoglobinsaturation(SaO
2
).
●Adamagedsensormaycauseburnsduringelectrosurgery.
WARNING
Oximetryperformancemaybeimpairedwhenpatient
perfusionisloworsignalattenuationishigh.
WARNING
NEONATAL.Thedisplayofinaccuratepulseoximetry(SpO
2
)
valueshasbeenlinkedtothepresenceofpoorsignalstrength
orartifactduetopatientmotionduringsignalanalysis.This
conditionismostlikelytobeencounteredwhenthemonitoris
usedonneonatesorinfants.Thesesameconditionsinadults
donotimpacttheSpO
2
valuestothesameextent.
Werecommendtheapplicationofthefollowingcriteriawhen
usingthepulseoximetryfunctiononneonatesandinfants:
●Theperipheralpulserate(PPR)asdeterminedbytheSpO
2
functionmustbewithin10%oftheheartrate,and
●TheSpO
2
signalstrengthshouldbeadequate.Thisis
indicatedbythedisplayoftwoorthreeasterisksorthe
absenceoftheLowsignalqualitymessage.
Proceduresordevicespreviouslyappliedinyourfacilityfor
SpO
2
monitoringshouldbeusedintheeventtheSpO
2
value
fromthemonitorcannotbevalidatedbytheabovecriteria.
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