Dear all,

I'm a new member here.

In my department an internal assestment is having place, in order to introduce iNO therapy. Beyond economic and clinical aspects, we are now focusing on risk management.

In case of device break down during the treatment, the sudden interruption of NO delivery can lead to important injuries for our little patients, in particular if just one device is present within the hospital (I know that several gas companies don't provide an emergency back-up system).

Did someone of you encounter the same trouble?

How did you solve it?

Many thanks,

JP

As far as I remember (not working in a level-3 now), we had two devices when iNO was introduced, and the business model was that iNO was charged by the hour of use. There are (were) a clocking device measuring the time the tube was delivering iNO through the device.

So, it did not matter (from an economical point of view) to have one device stand-by in the machinery room.

Dear stefan,

thanks for your reply. The point is that we are planning low consumption rate (10-treatment per year, according to our previous experience of patients to be treated with iNO) , so the supplier is telling he can provide just one device.

I know these devices are safe but what in case of device break-down?