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[Research on the Quality Control of Routine Reusable Pipeline and Disposable Pipeline of Ventilator]
Li Bao1, Yunming Shen1, Siwei Xiang1
1Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310057.
Objective:
To explore the effect of routine reusable pipeline and disposable pipeline on ventilator quality control results.
Methods:
17 ventilators were randomly selected to conduct quality control using routine reusable pipeline and disposable pipeline respectively. Quality control data were recorded and then paired t-test method was used to analyze whether the difference between the two pipelines was significant or not.
Results:
There were no significant differences in respiratory rate, tidal volume and end airway pressure between the two types of pipes ( P>0.05). The airway peak pressure of routine reusable pipeline was significantly higher than disposable pipeline ( P<0.05), but the difference was very small, only about 0.2 mbar which would not affect the conclusion of quality control.
Conclusion:
Quality control of ventilator is not affected by routine reusable pipeline and disposable pipeline, which can be replaced by each other.
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