Linking mass spectrometers to provide continuing monitoring during system failure.
Although multipatient monitoring with a time-shared mass spectrometer provides considerable cost advantages, failure of one component in a shared system can disrupt gas monitoring at all sites. We describe a simple method for linking two central mass spectrometer systems to provide continual monitoring during failure of one unit, without the need for time-consuming reconfiguration of individual patient sample line and display connections.
Steinbrook
R A
RA
Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115.
Elliott
W R
WR
Goldman
D B
DB
Philip
J H
JH
D004868:Equipment Failure; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*