title: No-flow alarm disabled in respironics EverFlo oxygen concentrators equipped with optional low-flow flowmeter.
abstract: Respironics EverFlo oxygen concentrators can be equipped with an optional internal low-flow flowmeter, but when this flowmeter is in place, the unit will not alarm for no-flow conditions. Facilities should consider using an oxygen concentrator other than the EverFlo for pediatric patients, who may be harmed by a loss of supplemental oxygen. Facilities that choose to continue using the EverFlo with the low-flow flowmeter should ensure that pediatric patients are appropriately monitored, such as with a pulse oximeter.
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D045268:Flowmeters; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010372:Pediatrics