{"id":1045,"date":"2021-05-18T07:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T07:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2021-05-18T07:17:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T07:17:58","slug":"how-to-spot-a-good-oxygen-concentrator-drug-regulator-issues-advisory-with-basic-clues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"How To Spot a good oxygen concentrator? Drug regulator issues advisory with basic clues."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p>With the rise in demand for medical oxygen, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) issued an advisory on oxygen concentrators, listing out the specifications recommended by it for home-based Covid-19 care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advisory, issued Sunday, warns against &#8216;misleading&#8217; brands that don&#8217;t meet the recommended specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the CDSCO, oxygen concentrators which &#8216;provide a continuous flow of concentrated oxygen (of more than 90 per cent) from room air through one oxygen outlet,&#8217; is recommended, along with those having a minimum of continuous flow of 5 litres per minute or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDSCO, in its two-page advisory, also says the oxygen concentrator ought to have an oxygen monitor to &#8216;verify concentration&#8217; and a &#8216;digital or analogue meter that displays cumulative hours of device operation&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avoid these &#8216;misleading&#8217; claims:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The CDSCO warns against brands misleading consumers by selling concentrators that fall short of these specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;It is advised that oxygen concentrators of less than 5 litres per minute capacity may not be sold under the misleading label of &#8216;for home based Covid care&#8217;,&#8217; the CDSCO advisory further states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concentrators must also be sold with the equipment required to operate the machine, user care instructions and technical maintenance protocols. The CDSCO also says it is &#8216;strongly advised&#8217; that sellers display the oxygen percentage and capacity clearly on the packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;The aim of this advisory is to provide minimum parameters that must be verified by people before using an oxygen concentrator for Covid-19 case management in home setting,&#8217; the advisory notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">How To Spot a good oxygen concentrator? Drug regulator issues advisory with basic clues. &#8211; POST TITLE<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Spot a good oxygen concentrator? Drug regulator issues advisory with basic clues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,68],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-news","tag-how-to-spot-a-good-oxygen-concentrator-drug-regulator-issues-advisory-with-basic-clues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1047,"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aarikethpharma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}