Impact of Innovative Pulse Oximeter Sensor Management Strategy.

Allan G Palmer
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Abstract

Background: Following a merger of two children's hospitals, leadership discovered a considerable utilization volume of single-use sensors that was associated with declining hospital reimbursements. This discovery resulted in the establishment of a new sensor management strategy, the goal of which was to decrease costs and waste associated with disposable pulse oximetry sensors.

Implementation: The sensor management strategy involved using replacement tapes with single-patient-use pulse oximeter sensors instead of the current practice of reprobing with a new sensor. A 60% utilization goal was set, with the focus shifted from sensors used per patient to replacement tapes per sensor.

Results: The implementation of a new sensor management strategy between the years 2006 and 2019 in a hospital system decreased sensor volume by more than 780,000 sensors and realized a cost avoidance of more than 7 million dollars.

Conclusion: A sensor management strategy can substantially reduce the cost and medical waste commonly associated with the use of disposable, single-patient pulse oximetry sensors.

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创新脉搏血氧计传感器管理策略的影响。
背景:在两家儿童医院合并后,领导层发现一次性传感器的使用率相当高,这与医院报销下降有关。这一发现导致了一种新的传感器管理策略的建立,其目标是降低与一次性脉搏血氧仪传感器相关的成本和浪费。实施:传感器管理策略包括使用单个患者使用的脉搏血氧计传感器替换胶带,而不是目前使用新传感器重新检测的做法。设定了60%的利用率目标,重点从每个患者使用的传感器转移到每个传感器更换的胶带。结果:在2006年至2019年期间,在医院系统中实施了新的传感器管理策略,减少了78万多个传感器的数量,实现了700多万美元的成本节约。结论:传感器管理策略可以大幅降低使用一次性单患者脉搏血氧仪传感器的成本和医疗浪费。
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Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology
Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications
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期刊介绍: AAMI publishes Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology (BI&T) a bi-monthly peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the developers, managers, and users of medical instrumentation and technology.
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