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Post by gerald on Apr 24, 2015 18:02:59 GMT -5
I ran across this info:
"at one time; doctors in the ER would check the level of oxygen in a patient’s blood by pressing on their nails. If a purple hue appears in the nail bed, it means the person has low oxygen (or hypoxia), says Dr. Andrew Affleck, an ER doctor at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. If you’re wearing nail polish, it’s not possible to check this by looking at the nail bed.
But these days, ER doctors measure oxygen with a pulse oximeter.
Apparently in some cases Nail polish can interfer with a Pulse Oximeter.
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Post by skate4life on Apr 24, 2015 19:27:00 GMT -5
When pulse oximeters first were used for patients, most of the oximeters (even the special ones used in the operating rooms) instructions were to remove the nail polish on one finger as the polish interfered with the technology of the oximeter. Times change, technology improves, never hear about it these days!
But you asked about wearing oxygen and using nail polish. The only thing I can come up with is that nail polish REMOVER is highly flammable and should not be used near oxygen! They should have given you a reason rather than a dictate.....
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Post by John on Apr 24, 2015 19:36:25 GMT -5
Can't help you here Sue laughing guy th_thbug
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Post by David on Apr 24, 2015 22:55:36 GMT -5
I found this but I have no idea if it is true or false.
So for what it's worth...
A study conducted at the University of Southern California has shown that nail polish does NOT interfere with the pulse oximetry. The study revealed that neither nail polish nor artificial nails significantly interfered with light absorption from the device.
Also found this from 2007.
CONCLUSION:
Fingernail polish does not cause a clinically significant change in pulse oximeter readings in healthy people.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17064901
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Post by Sue in Ontario on Apr 24, 2015 23:31:50 GMT -5
Th anks for the replies...I don't think it should cause concern either
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copd
Apr 27, 2015 9:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by stoker55 on Apr 27, 2015 9:17:11 GMT -5
You are all right it used to be called a cap fill test when I first starting doing first aid and was used on fingers and toe tips as a circulation assessment. It is no longer a valid test. They still have that info about no nail polish when you go for pulmonary lung testing here in BC. I called them before I went in and they said it was fine to have nail polish/fake nails they just never bothered to take the warning off the instructions.
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