With various products available, deciding on the correct isolation room pressure monitoring equipment for your application is an important decision to make only
once. As a result it will save you time, aggravation and money later.
It can be easier to make that decision when all the important facts are addressed. It’s a decision you want to make once and not be remind
every time there is a staff complaint or malfunction.
Some companies claim to offer a “pressure room differential monitor” when in actuality it is instead an “air flow monitor.” An instrument where the probe head measures “flow direction” is an airflow monitor. They reference the flow rate and extrapolate from that a pressure reading. Flow rate to pressure reading, can something get lost in the translation? You bet, especially when the probe head gets clogged with the buildup of airborne particles constantly passing over it. That alters the flow rate in both directions. When the flow rate changes so do the calculations and the result
is a false alarm, even if the room pressure is compliant, but the device doesn't
know that.
Periodic cleaning and adjustments are in order. Since many rooms can just barely maintain negativity the slightest variance in pressure even caused by negative pressure room users and maintenance personnel who have to contend
with irrelevant alarms. The ACCUSTAT® Room Pressure Monitor by comparison is a true room pressure
monitoring device. Airflow isn't measured, only differential air pressure. The quality
of the air is irrelevant because nothing passes through or over the probe, so nothing needs to be cleaned, adjusted or replaced. Particles of dust don't influence our room pressure readings. Forgetting to clean the probe doesn't produce false alarms. Blocking or a sudden stream of air across the probe head doesn't alter the readings with the ACCUSTAT®, because that shouldn't alter the pressure.
The ACCUSTAT® maintains accurate consistent readings and does not degradate with use. The ACCUSTAT®’s consistent monitoring to .001” WG is compliant with current CDC guidelines for isolation room monitoring. The minute delay, keyed on/off, lighted numeric display, muting, remote, colored LED and many more features are part of the ACCUSTAT® package. You can be guaranteed years of trouble-free operation. Thousands of ACCUSTAT®S Room Pressure Monitors
are in operation worldwide, some for as long as 14 years, and are still providing
accurate monitoring of negative and positive isolation rooms for the safety and
security of health care facilities and their staffs. It was an accurate decision then
and the right decision now. |
