patient monitor

Re: patient monitor

Bob Russell — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:55:38 GMT

Recently a hand-held dental X-ray machine was being imported by some dentists from China (ebay). The X-ray doses were off the scale and scatter made it dangerous for all.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20579318

Not always as good as they look!!

Re: patient monitor

Rob Loxley — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:47:03 GMT

It's cheap for a reason: poor build quality and awful quality control, no post-sales support, no spare parts, no chance of service or repair etc.

And plenty of cheap chinese electrical items (CE marked or not) are frankly unsafe. Had a USB wall-wart that started smoking...

Re: patient monitor

Michael Woodhouse — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:41:05 GMT

Keep an eye on ebay. We got a second hand Datex capnogrpah & pulse ox for ~£100. ECG for ~£50.

Solid and much better made than these delicate vet ones.

Re: patient monitor

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:54:57 GMT

[quote user="Andrew Mellor"]Hi just been looking through various supplier documents looking at patient monitors ie ecg, capno, pulse ox , non-inv bp etc and seem to be looking at £4000 mark for anything but on ebay from china they look to be exactly the same model for £400 with free shipping , has anyone taken the plunge and tried one of these ?[/quote] No in answer to the question but how much would you bet the £4,000 one wasn't also made in China and the £400 one was or could be featured on one of those programs about dodgy counterfeits with dangerous wiring etc?

Re: patient monitor

Andrew Mellor — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:58:42 GMT

do you have yours serviced or anything ? who do you use and what about spares and repairs?

Re: patient monitor

Bob Russell — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:51:47 GMT

The ebay one will not have the ability to measure CO2 levels. These better monitors are about £1500.

We have a Cardiocap II and love it! It was ex-hospital and a fraction of the new monitors.