We have been moving from Genius 1 to Genius 2 of the last few months – we were supplied with a calibration CHECKER for the 2 – so there is no adjustment – if it fails we send it back. The for the 2 spec states ±0.1°C @ 25°C and ±0.2°C between 33°C and 42°C
The calibration checker also has 2 targets - 32.2°C ; ±0.3°C to 40.6°C ; ±0.3°C
When set on Oral which is the hospital protocol it adds 0.6°C to the reading – so what we find has happened is that units which all pass on the checker can have a difference of up to 0.45°C – this causes quite problem in our day surgery and emergency department , from what we can gather they need to know with a fair degree of accuracy what the temperature is – particularly with kids and so operations have been cancelled ( They cancel at 37.3°C) etc etc – as for the rest of the hospital we think they more concerned with the trend and as a result Tyco tell us they have very few problems – but we think if they surveyed day theatres and ED’s or those departments were they need to use the device establish a problem rather than monitor a trend they might get a different result – has anyone else had this issue
Regards George
