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IQmark Digital Spirometer Operation Manual
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P. Performing a Pre/Post FVC Test – Quick Reference User’s Guide
TESTING MULTIPLE PATIENTS
1) Start the Diagnostic Workstation program – double-click the Workstation icon.
2)
Select a patient and check the patient data fields on the screen or add a new patient. Remember
that R.A.S.H. (Race; Age; Sex; Height) must be entered to obtain predicted values and interpretations.
3) Click the New Test button.
4) Select Spirometry and then click OK to enter the test screen.
5) Prepare the patient for the Spirometry test.
6) When the patient is ready, click Start New Test.
7) Wait for the zeroing process to finish and then instruct the patient to perform the test.
8) Click the Stop button or press the ENTER key to conclude the test. Accept or Reject the test
based on the patient’s effort. Repeat steps 6 and 7 until the appropriate number of tests has been
performed.
9) Click the Save/Review button to save the efforts. Use the review screen to review, edit and/or
print the results.
10) Administer the bronchodilator (BD). Wait the appropriate amount of time for the BD to take
effect. Instruct the patient to remove the mouthpiece and to hold on to it until after all tests are
completed.
11) Click the Patient List button. Select the next patient. Click Yes to save modifications.
12) Repeat steps 2 through 10 for the next patient.
13) Select the first patient from the Patient List and click the View Report button.
14) Select a BD from the Bronchodilator list and click the Perform Post-BD button.
15) Have the patient place the mouthpiece in the Spirometry handle. Repeat steps 5 through 9.
16) Instruct the patient to remove and discard the used mouthpiece after all tests are completed.
Review the Interpretation, edit if desired, then click Print and choose Print.
17) Repeat steps 11 through 16 for the next patient.
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