The global oximetry initiative

GMM Thoms, GA McHugh, E O'sullivan - Anaesthesia, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The overall goal is likely to be re-affirmed: increasing safety by reducing oximetry costs and
increasing oximetry … access to oximetry a reality to all who require it in the hospital environ…

Lifebox: a global patient safety initiative

A Enright, A Merry, I Walker, I Wilson - A&A Practice, 2016 - journals.lww.com
… We recall using an oximeter for the first time in clinical practice as a transformational event
in anesthesia safety. A simple, noninvasive probe placed on a finger displayed, in real time, …

Global oximetry: an international anaesthesia quality improvement project

IA Walker, AF Merry, IH Wilson, GA McHugh… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… SSSL initiative, requires confirmation of the presence of a … suitable oximeter is obviously
part of the solution to the global … hope will help to enable ‘Global Oximetry’ to become a reality. …

Improving surgical safety globally: pulse oximetry and the WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery

IA Walker, M Newton, AT Bosenberg - Pediatric Anesthesia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… in any setting, and the Global Pulse Oximetry Program will help improve access to pulse
oximetry in countries where it … This initiative is known as the Global Pulse Oximetry Project (25). …

Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported data

LM Funk, TG Weiser, WR Berry, SR Lipsitz, AF Merry… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
… This study was supported by WHO's patient safety programme as part of the safe surgery
saves lives initiative. WHO had no role in survey dissemination, data gathering, data analysis, …

World Pneumonia Day 2016: pulse oximetry and oxygen

AS Ginsburg, R Izadnegahdar… - The Lancet Global …, 2016 - thelancet.com
… adapted guidelines for the use of oxygen and oximetry. This lack of access to oxygen and
pulse oximetry is not unique to Ethiopia. It is a familiar situation throughout much of the world, …

Pulse oximetry in low-resource settings

LJ Herbert, IH Wilson - Breathe, 2012 - Eur Respiratory Soc
… checklist is the step to ensure that a pulse oximeter is on the patient … the Global Pulse
Oximetry Project, an initiative to promote the use of pulse oximeters in every operating room in the

[HTML][HTML] Introducing pulse oximetry in routine IMCI services in Bangladesh: a context-driven approach to influence policy and programme through stakeholder …

AE Rahman, S Jabeen, G Fernandes… - Journal of global …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Our engagement process contributed to the national decision to introduce pulse oximetry
in … IMCI Implementation Package in their respective health system strengthening initiatives. …

[HTML][HTML] Pulse oximetry training landscape for healthcare workers in low-and middle-income countries: A scoping review

ME Peterson, S Docter, DR Ruiz-Betancourt… - Journal of Global …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
the inequitable distribution of pulse oximetry use and training. We aimed to characterise
the landscape of pulse oximetrythe use of pulse oximeters and 3) the educational initiative

Pulse oximetry in low-resource settings during the COVID-19 pandemic

N Starr, D Rebollo, YM Asemu, L Akalu… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
… As part of a long-term pulse oximeter training and distribution programme developed by
the Lifebox Foundation, we surveyed Ethiopian hospitals for the presence and functionality of …