NU Hospitals in partnership with Masimo

Masimo Technologies’ will be adopted in the operating rooms, ICUs dialysis beds and general wards in Bengaluru

Masimo announced that NU Hospitals, a leading nephrology care centre in India, has standardised on Masimo Technologies across the continuum of care. NU Hospitals have entered into a strategic partnership with Masimo to adopt technologies in their operating rooms (OR), intensive care units (ICU), dialysis beds, and general wards at both their facilities in Bengaluru.

“We have been evaluating various technologies that could help our clinicians improve patient safety and at the same time help reduce the cost of care. Masimo, with its innovative range of solutions – including remote monitoring systems, depth of sedation monitoring, and non-invasive monitoring of haemoglobin and fluid responsiveness –will help us accomplish these twin objectives,” said Dr Prasanna Venkatesh, Pediatric Urologist and MD, NU Hospitals.

NU Hospitals’ ORs will be equipped with Masimo Root Patient Monitoring and Connectivity Hubs and Radical-7 Pulse CO-Oximeters. The monitors will measure non-invasive, continuous haemoglobin monitoring (SpHb), a Masimo rainbow parameter, and, via Masimo Open Connect (MOC-9) technology, SedLine brain function.

In critical care areas and general wards, patients at NU Hospitals will now also be continuously monitored using a variety of bedside devices such as Root with non-invasive Blood pressure and temperature and Rad-97 Pulse CO-Oximeters. Measurements will include SpHb, SET Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, vital signs such as blood pressure and temperature, and, for dialysis patients, pleth variability index (PVi) monitoring to assist in optimising fluid management.

The bedside devices will be connected to Masimo Patient SafetyNet, a supplemental remote monitoring and clinician notification system which allows patient monitoring data to be accessible from a central viewing station. When changes occur in measured values, which may indicate deterioration in a patient’s condition, Patient SafetyNet automatically sends wireless alerts directly to clinicians, wherever they may be, allowing clinicians to maintain their workflow. In addition, Patient SafetyNet will automate the transfer of patient data, including vital signs, early warning scores (EWS), and other physiological parameters, directly to NU Hospitals’ electronic medical record (EMR) system.