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I was wondering what the general community out there are doing with regard to supplying saturation probes.

Specifically do you use only OEM or do you use 3rd part suppliers. If 3rd party, which companies.

Has anybody had accuracy issues or user complaints with 3rd part sensors.

We have used both OEM and 3rd party, cost is a factor.
Our monitoring tends to be Philips/GE with fixed installs and mainly Welch Allyn for portable devices although we do have some other (Huntleigh/Radical/Mindray)

Technology wise it tends on the whole, besides Philips, to be Nellcor (OxiMax and OxiSmart).

We are investigating accuracy, mainly with 3rd party sensors. If people don't feel comfortable putting stuff on an open forum then please PM me

Except for paediatrics we are trying to standardize and only use DS100A sensors, free machines depending on how many sensors we purchase. Also we are trying to get a supplies contract for Pulse Oximeters, Thermometers and the like to do as mentioned above standardize the accessories and/or consumables.