Auditing of Monitoring and Respiratory Support Equipment in a Level III-C Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Table 5

Rates for appropriate overall use and variable with lower rates of appropriate programming of the different pieces of equipment in relation to time characteristics. SpO₂: oxygen saturation; MAP: mean airway pressure; Vol/min alarms: volume/minute alarms; CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure.

Technological resources ( assessments)	Day			Shift			Quarter
	Normal working day	Nonworking day		Early	Late		3rd quarter	Rest of year
Pulse oximeter ( 94)
% appropriate overall use ()	64.56 (51)	46.67 (7)	0.19	65.12 (28)	58.82 (30)	0.53	76.92 (20)	55.88 (38)	0.06
Multimeasurement monitor ( 104)
% appropriate overall use ()	16.05 (13)	39.13 (9)	0.01	16.22 (12)	33.33 (10)	0.05	19.35 (6)	21.92 (16)	0.76
Conventional mechanical ventilator ( 53)
% appropriate overall use ()	8.51 (4)	33.33 (2)	0.07	10.34 (3)	12.50 (3)	0.80	18.75 (3)	8.11 (3)	0.26
High-frequency oscillatory ventilator ( 64)
% appropriate overall use ()	25.53 (12)	70.59 (12)	0.001	38.46 (15)	36 (9)	0.84	35 (7)	38.64 (17)	0.78
CPAP ( 68)
% appropriate overall use ()	27.91 (12)	28 (7)	0.99	22.86 (8)	33.33 (11)	0.33	35.71 (5)	25.93 (14)	0.46
Technology as a whole ( 383)
% appropriate overall use ()	30.98 (92)	43.02 (37)	0.03	30 (66)	38.65 (63)	0.07	38.32 (41)	31.88 (88)	0.23