3
9.
On the piCO
™
and piCO
baby
™
, when the test is finished
will appear at the bottom
of the screen.
10.
On the Micro
+
™, when the test is finished
will appear at the bottom of the
screen.
11.
If a high reading has been recorded, you can mute the sound by pressing
.
12.
To repeat breath test, press
once to return to the home screen and repeat steps 3-‐8.
13.
To save the reading (Micro
+
™ only) press
and select the relevant patient profile.
14.
Remove the D-‐piece between tests to purge sensor with fresh air.
15.
To switch off, press and hold the power button for 3 seconds, unit will also power off after 2
minutes of inactivity to save power.
Conducting an Ambient Test – Micro
+
™ only
The environmental air can be tested to check for CO in the environment using the Micro
+
™
Smokerlyzer. This is particularly useful in the event of a patient reporting a non-‐smoker status but
providing a breath reading of that of a smoker suggesting they have inhaled environmental CO.
This is carried out by pressing
on the screen; the Micro
+
™ will then carry out real-‐time
monitoring of the environmental air. To stop the test, press
.
Bedfont do not recommend that the environmental test alone is used as a measure of passive
smoking as the very high dispersiveness of CO at the levels involved with smoking can lead to false
negative readings.
Reviewing history – Micro
+
™ only
The Micro
+
™ will record every reading taken in its history up to 150 readings, to access this press
and then
the history will then be shown.
Changing date and time – Micro
+
™ only
Press
and then
you can then select either d-‐m-‐y or m-‐d-‐y for the date format and 12h or
24h for the time format. Dates and times are then adjusted by selecting the number you wish to
change and pressing
or
to increase and decrease. Press
to save your settings.
