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Contraindications

Use these educational prompts with current orders, protocols, patient assessment, facility policy, and supervising-clinician direction.

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Oxygen Analysis

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Contraindications Conditions identified as reasons to avoid or defer the procedure pending authorized clinical review. View list Relative contraindications Factors requiring individualized risk-benefit assessment, added precautions, or a modified approach. View list

Contraindications

Review these conditions before proceeding and follow current orders, protocols, facility policy, and supervising-clinician direction.

  • Do not rely on an analyzer that fails calibration, has a damaged or expired sensor, or displays an unresolved fault.

Relative contraindications

Use individualized risk-benefit assessment, added precautions, or a modified approach as authorized for the patient and setting.

  • Condensation, extreme temperature, pressure outside the sensor range, leaks, ambient dilution, and incompatible gases or agents may impair accuracy.

Sources

Supporting sources include peer-reviewed research, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, professional standards, and foundational respiratory care references, as applicable to the skill.

  1. Soares GF, et al. Air-Oxygen Blenders for Mechanical Ventilators: A Literature Review. Sensors (Basel). 2022;22(6):2182. doi:10.3390/s22062182. PMID:35336353.
  2. Myers TR, Chatburn RL. Accuracy of oxygen analyzers at subatmospheric concentrations used in treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Respir Care. 2002;47(10):1168-1172. PMID:12354336.