AVOX in the CATH labs
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Hi there,
Does any CATH lab not use AVOX or any other oximetry analyzer? If they don't, how to do they do stent or procedures without the HBO2 result?
Our hospital currently houses 3 meters and 2 are out for repair :( Not a usual situation. They are rightfully worried about having to cancel procedures if the 3rd one goes down. Online it shows it's possible, but nurses here did not think so. I'm just asking for some insight.
Thanks!
Brittany Behrendt
Does any CATH lab not use AVOX or any other oximetry analyzer? If they don't, how to do they do stent or procedures without the HBO2 result?
Our hospital currently houses 3 meters and 2 are out for repair :( Not a usual situation. They are rightfully worried about having to cancel procedures if the 3rd one goes down. Online it shows it's possible, but nurses here did not think so. I'm just asking for some insight.
Thanks!
Brittany Behrendt
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We are a large system that has a mixed model - some AVOX1000 and some ABL90 FlexPlus, set up to only report tHb and O2Hb. As we consider possibly sunsetting the AVOX1000, the latter is likely to become the instrument of choice. Just FYI - as far as an instrument that *only* does COOX only by design (like AVOX), that does not exist. The one option you would want to stay away from in a cath lab setting is a device that only does a calculated sO2, as it is not the same test (O2Hb).
Did you have techs do a downtime form for the test or how did the resulting work for lab staff?