A Survey of Patient Monitoring Alarms in Cardiac Care Units / 中国医疗器械杂志

OBJECTIVE@#The patient monitors were used to explore the alarm fatigue in a cardiac care unit and to investigate the awareness and reaction of nurse to alarms.@*METHODS@#A semi-structured survey was taken to acquire nurses' feeling and knowledge about monitoring alarm. Three full-time researchers were scheduled to track the alarms with annotations, and analyze the alarm data of 12 patient monitors using central monitoring system.@*RESULTS@#A total of 72 310 unique alarms occurred in the 67-day study period. About 75.7% of them were physiological alarms and less than 10% of medium-low alarms were false positives. The average alarm rate was 128 alarms/patient-day.@*CONCLUSIONS@#There remains alarm fatigue in CCU, the alarm accuracy has improved than the past by applying new technologies. In some cases, clinicians will pay more attention to trend alarm and combination alarm.

Research on Patient Monitoring Alarms in ICU and NICU / 中国医疗器械杂志

OBJECTIVE@#The patient monitors were used to explore the alarm actuality in a ICU and NICU to investigate the awareness and reaction of medical staff to alarms.@*METHODS@#A series of surveys and interviews were taken to acquire clinicians' feelings and attitudes to monitoring alarms. The researchers were scheduled to track the alarms with annotations, and collect the alarm data of patient monitors using central monitoring system.@*RESULTS@#A total of 235 387 and 67 783 alarms occurred in ICU and NICU respectively. The average alarm rate was about 142 alarms/patient-day in ICU and 96 alarms/patient-day in NICU.@*CONCLUSIONS@#There remains alarm fatigue in ICU and NICU, the main reason is the large number of false alarms and clinically irrelevant alarms. In addition, patient monitor is still in the level of threshold alarms or combined alarms, the data integrity and intelligence level need to be improved in future.

Implementation of the medical equipment PM plan based on medical equipment operation ;and quality control module of maintenance management system / 中国医学装备

Objective:To explore the importance of preventive maintenance (PM) of the medical equipment operation and maintenance management system in hospital quality control module. Methods:By introducing the quality control module of maintenance management system into medical equipment operation, the test data was analysed and medical equipment PM plan was developed. Results:Medical equipment PM plan can effectively reduce the failure rate of equipment, thus guaranteeing the normal operation of the equipment. Conclusion:The application of hospital medical equipment operation and quality control module of maintenance management system, can make more accurate statistics for failure cycle and failure rate of hospital equipment, implement the new PM plan, effectively reduce the failure rate and operation cost of hospital equipment, and improve equipment utilization.

The study on the field environment suitability of multi-parameter patient monitor / 中国医学装备

Objective:To study the environment suitability of multi-parameter patient monitor. Methods: Choosing six different types of multi-parameter patient monitor from different manufactures, we tested six main parameters of the multi-parameter patient monitor when they had gone through the environmental tests, and the test limits come from field environment. Results:Each of the samples was not up to the standards. Conclusion:At present a clear most of the multi-parameter patient monitor in the market are designed and produced for using indoors, which are not suitable for using in field environment. We need to enhance the protection of the multi-parameter patient monitor against field environment, and improve the environment suitability.

Design of Wireless Network for Multi-parameter Patient Monitor Based on ZigBee Technology / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To study the technology of multi-parameter monitoring system based on ZigBee wireless network.Methods A asynchronous serial interface of IC CC2430 was used to receive the data of multi-parameter patient monitor,and then the ZigBee channels of IC CC2430 was sent to transmit the data to the central monitoring control system.Results The data of eight multi-parameter patient monitors was successfully transmitted to the central control system,and was not interfered by wireless transmission circuits.Conclusion ZigBee wireless network technology can be successfully applied to a wireless network of multi-parameter patient monitor control system.

Principle and Testing of Electronic Blood-Pressure Meters(Oscillometric Method) / 医疗卫生装备

The working principle of oscillometric method are introduced in Indirect Blood Pressure(INBP) measurement,and the various algorithms in this field are compared.In addition,the framework of INBP simulator used to test or calibrate electronic blood-pressure meters is described.The restriction of the simulator to calibrate INBP is also discussed.

Wireless central monitor system based on Bluetooth / 医疗卫生装备

Bluetooth is the most advanced wireless network technology with the characteristics of low cost,short distance and low power loss.It has taken the place of cable in the fast wireless connection of different equipments.In this paper,the wireless central monitor system with Bluetooth technology is studied.Its hardware circuit and software design are also put forward.

Hardware design of measurement circuit for Respiratory Mechanics Parameters / 医疗卫生装备

This article introduces a measurement circuit for Respiratory Mechanics Parameters which is based on differential pressure sensor. The circuit detects the flow and airway pressure signals from the sensors, then more than ten Respiratory Mechanics Parameters are identified. The system meets the clinical need of Respiratory Mechanics measurement, and improves the performance of domestic Patient Monitor.