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The Universal Anaesthesia Machine (UAM): assessment of a new anaesthesia workstation built with global health in mind
Author(s) -
Beer D. A. H.,
Nesbitt F. D.,
Bell G. T.,
Rapuleng A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/anae.13752
Subject(s) - medicine , workstation , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , regional anaesthesia , computer science , operating system
Summary The Universal Anaesthesia Machine has been developed as a complete anaesthesia workstation for use in low‐ and middle‐income countries, where the provision of safe general anaesthesia is often compromised by unreliable supply of electricity and anaesthetic gases. We performed a functional and clinical assessment of this anaesthetic machine, with particular reference to novel features and functioning in the intended environment. The Universal Anaesthesia Machine was found to be reliable, safe and consistent across a range of tests during targeted functional testing.