HEI 134 – Evaluation of patient monitors

Abstract

As part of the continuing evaluation programme of medical equipment sponsored by the UK Health Departments, the evaluation of patient monitors is being carried out within the Northern Regional Health Authority. ‘Health Equipment Information’ No. 134, published in December 1984, contains evaluation reports, on a further four monitors. The Albury Life-Trace 24 and the Cardiac Recorders CR9 are reviewed in full, while the Honeywell CM 120 and the Kontron 128A in summary form only as they are now no longer available. Only the first two will be considered here. For full details of the evaluation findings readers should consult ‘HEl’ 134 (see above) – the following are extracts from the report.