GE CARESCAPE - Using the SpO₂ measurement; Primary and secondary SpO2 measurement sources; Changing the SpO2 waveform size

Pulseoximetry
systemisfunctional,theyareincapableofprovidingthedatarequiredtoproperly
evaluatetheaccuracyofthesystem’sSpO
2
measurements.
Manyfunctionaltestersandpatientsimulatorshavebeendesignedtointerfacewith
thepulseoximeter’sexpectedcalibrationcurves,andmaybesuitableforusewith
thepulseoximetermonitorandsensors.Notalldevices,however,areadaptedfor
usewithalldigitalcalibrationsystems.Whilethiswillnotaffectuseofthesimulator
forverifyingsystemfunctionality,displayedSpO
2
measurementvaluesmaydiffer
fromthesettingofthedevice.Foraproperlyfunctioningmonitor,thisdifference
willbereproducibleovertimeandfrommonitortomonitorwithintheperformance
specicationsofthetestdevice.
Ifaparticularcalibrationcurveisaccurateforthecombinationofapulseoximeter
monitorandsensor,afunctionaltestdevicecanmeasurethecontributionofa
monitortothetotalerrorofamonitor/sensorsystem.Thefunctionaltestdevicecan
thenmeasurehowaccuratelyaparticularpulseoximetermonitorisreproducing
thatcalibrationcurve.
UsingtheSpO₂measurement
PrimaryandsecondarySpO
2
measurementsources
ItispossibletomeasureSpO
2
fromtwodifferentmeasurementsources
simultaneously.TheprimarySpO
2
sourceislabeledSpO2andthesecondarySpO
2
sourceislabeledSpO2(2).
Thefollowingtableshowstheacquisitionmodulesthatmaybeusedasprimaryand
secondarySpO
2
measurementsources.
PrimarySpO
2
source
CompatiblesecondarySpO
2
source(s)
PDM,TRAM,PSM
●Tram-RacSpO
2
module
●E-NSATX
●E-MASIMO
●UnityNetworkIDconnectivitydevice
E-NSATX,E-MASIMO
●UnityNetworkIDconnectivitydevice
UnityNetworkIDconnectivity
device
●Tram-RacSpO
2
module
●E-NSATX
●E-MASIMO
E-NSATXandE-MASIMOmodulesrequireaPDMwithno
SpO
2
sensorconnectedinordertoworkasasecondary
SpO
2
sourcewhentheUnityNetworkIDconnectivitydevice
istheprimarySpO
2
source.
ChangingtheSpO
2
waveformsize
NOTE
AllothermodulesexceptPSM.
1.SelecttheSpO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelecttheSpO2orSpO2(2)tab.
3.ChoosethesizefromtheSizelist:1x,2x,4x,or8x.
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