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How to spot a good oxygen concentrator? Drug regulator issues advisory with basic clues
In an advisory issued Sunday, CDSCO warns against misleading brands that don’t meet the recommended specifications, lists out what buyers should look for.
Simrin Sirur 17 May, 2021 6:26 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: 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.
The advisory, issued Sunday, warns against “misleading” brands that don’t meet the recommended specifications.
According to the CDSCO, oxygen concentrators which “provide a continuous flow of concentrated oxygen (of more than 90 per cent) from room air through one oxygen outlet,” is recommended, along with those having a minimum of continuous flow of 5 litres per minute or more.
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Chennai: The phone rang in Chennai’s oxygen ‘war room’, instantly putting everyone on alert. A hospital in Thoothukudi, a Tamil Nadu town, was running low on the life-saving gas. A truck carrying oxygen cylinders to the hospital had been delayed.
A quick meeting took place between in-charge Anusuiya S, drug inspector Sharmila and others present, and a course of action was decided upon. Sharmila made a call to a police control room near the hospital, which saw the police immediately swing into action and escort the oxygen-carrying truck to the hospital.
The oxygen control room set up in the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation building in Chennai was made operational on 6 May. The aim: Create a smooth access chain for oxygen for hospitals treating Covid patients in the state, so that a “Delhi-like situation can be averted”, state health officials said.