DATOSPIR TOUCH User’s Manual 45
511-B00-MU2 • REV. 1 .09
II.
NLHEP ALERTS: QC PROMPTS
In order to assess the pulmonary function of the patient, it is
necessary to obtain acceptable test quality. The test quality
depends on cooperation of the patient and this, in turn, depends on
the quality of the technician's instructions.
Accordingly, DATOSPIR TOUCH incorporates an automatic quality
control function,
based on the recommendations of the National
Lung Health Education Program (NLHEP),
with prompts to
assist the technician in providing the good instructions to the
patient to produce high quality spirometry tests.
At the end of a maneuver, a message on the screen will inform you
as to whether the maneuver was acceptable or not. If not, a
prompt will guide you on how to coach the patient to do it better.
(See the rows in white of the following table).
As soon as the message "Good test Session" appears, do not
carry out further maneuvers. If, even after repeated attempts, it is
not possible to obtain an adequate number of good maneuvers,
you should take a break, depending on how the patient feels or
stop measurement.
Only one of the following QC prompts is displayed after a
performed maneuver (in the order of priority listed below).