Accuracy of inpatient oxygen administration.
The accuracy of supplemental oxygen delivery was assessed in two medical units. Only 90 of 206 patients (44%) were receiving oxygen as prescribed. The ward oxygen rotameters were inaccurate at normal clinical flow rates, the range of flows being delivered as a percentage of the indicated flow varying from 15% at 8 l/min to 40% at 1 and 2 l/min.
Jeffrey
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, City Hospital, Edinburgh.
Ray
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Douglas
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D004867:Equipment Design; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D012124:Respiratory Care Units