title: The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of automated and semi-automated blood pressure measuring devices with special reference to ambulatory systems.
abstract: With the increasing manufacture of expensive systems for the measurement of ambulatory blood pressure there is a need for potential purchasers to be able to satisfy themselves that the systems have been evaluated according to agreed criteria. The British Hypertension Society has, therefore, drawn up a protocol of requirements for the evaluation of these devices. This protocol incorporates many features of the American National Standard for Non-Automated Sphygmomanometers but includes many additional features, such as strict criteria for observer training, interdevice variability testing before and after a month of ambulatory use, and a new system of analysis which permits the test system to be graded. It is recommended that manufacturers of ambulatory blood pressure measuring devices should obtain an unbiased evaluation according to a recognized standard before a device is marketed.
authors.affiliation: Blood Pressure Unit, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Littler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Swiet
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Padfield
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Atkins
mesh_terms: D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D012015:Reference Standards; D012955:Societies, Medical; D006113:United Kingdom