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Barometric Pressure.
A-5-5. GAS TEMPERATURE This setting is used to set temperature
of the gas mixture. This setting is
useful when bench testing using static
gasses where the temperature is often
room temperature or below. 35.0 °C
A-5-6. O2 COMPENSATION Use this setting to correct for the
compensation of the gas mixture
administered to the animal.
A-5-7. ANESTHETIC AGENT Anesthetic agent is ignored when the
balance gas is set to helium.
A-5-8. ZERO TYPE This function is used to initiate a When performing a zero on room air,
this setting should be set to room air
(the default). Only change to nitrogen
(N
2
) when performing a zero on 100%
N
2
gas; this is provided for use in a
laboratory environment.
ROOM AIR
N2
B-1. ZEROING This function is used to initiate a
Capnostat Zero.
A zero is used to correct for
differences in airway adapter types.
The Capnostat zero must be
performed free of any CO
2
1. Set the Host to the zeroing
function.
2. Connect the CAPNOSTAT 5 CO
2
Sensor
3. Place the CAPNOSTAT 5 CO
2
Sensor onto a clean and dry CO
2
adapter that is exposed to room
air and away from all sources of
CO
2
, including the ventilator, the
animal’s breath, and your own.