How to use the oximeter correctly?

The patient is placed in a sitting or prone position with the hand exposed.

Pinch open the clip on the finger clip oximeter,

insert your finger into the rubber orifice

(with your finger fully inserted) and release the clip.

Press the Start button until the screen displays relatively stable oximetry and pulse rate

values.

Record the values and report any abnormalities to your physician.

Press Stop.

(2) Safety and Maintenance Procedures

Keep the instrument in a stable state, avoid falling and impact.

Every day, the nurses in the nursing class are responsible for sterilizing the oximeter with ultraviolet radiation and wiping the surface.

Every week, a person (the person in charge of quality control) will calibrate the instrument with the blood oxygen on the ECG monitor

.

Timely charging.

Instrument failure by the nurse on duty to write the failure of the situation, the relevant personnel maintenance

write the maintenance situation and replacement parts, respectively, signed for the record.