Global Surgery & Anesthesia

Nadine - Lifebox is just launching and the ASA is beginning a campaign with them. It is a simple, cost-effective, durable pulse ox perfect for low income settings. It is not equal to a pleth pulse ox, but for ORs that currently have no pulse ox it is a huge step forward for pt safety!!
Kelly

Lifebox is a very good oximeter and is specifically designed to be used in LMIC and MICs. It comes about from a WHO funded program originally called "Global Oximetry". It is true, there are a number of things it doesn't do, but that is actually by design, to keep it as simple and durable as possible but still serving the purpose it was intended for (as Kelly mentioned, such as it does not currently display the pleth tracing) The utalitarian design is no accident, it means it can be sold relatively cheaply and comes tried and tested for this environment. The company is a charity/non profit and no one at lifebox makes any money from promoting/selling it. Equally it is new on the market and experience in its actual use is limited. My understanding is it meets/exceeds all the required manufacturing and monitoring standards for this type of unit.

The hope is it will be the ONLY oximeter used and donated for use in LMICs now and in the future which will aid with supply, support and maintenance. IMHO we should all be supporting it as no other unit is designed for this specific use at ...

Hi everyone,

Thanks for this great discussion. We (Nyaya Health in rural Nepal) just
found out about Lifebox via this GHDonline thread and have applied on
their website for both the donation and the right to buy the devices.
One very simple question which we are wondering, but is not included on
the website, is the cost to buy. Assuming that we will not receive the
donated devices (as they say, they have limited funds to donate), we
would still be interested in purchasing these devices provided they are
cost-comparable to local high-quality devices we can get here in the
South Asian region.

Does anyone have any cost data (or even estimates) for the Lifebox? I
emailed the website, but have not heard back yet.

Thanks once again.
Best regards,
-Dan

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The cost is $250.00 USD/per unit with education and support.

Kelly


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That look attractive.

Isaac

Dear All,
I am interesyted too in purchasing this "magic" monitoring device. Do you have an agent in Lagos, Nigeria? it will sell here like hot care especially among Primary Care Physicians and rural surgery health practitioners. Moreover, we, primary care physicians are planning to move into the real rural areas for maternal and neonatal health. Please somebody, help us make the purchase happen!

Hi,

Dear All,

The Lifebox oximeter does have a pleth display which can be turned on or off. The website has details of how to buy www.lifebox.org We have limited funds for donation at present but purchases can be made through the website. The price of $250 includes carriage to your country with the courier TNT. Probes are also very good value at $25 - so consider ordering a spare one. Email for more details. Iain

All:
Adding to Gerald's comments above-Angela Enright may be a further person to contact . She is the President of the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists which is running the Global Oximetry Project. They are going to shortly have a website where you can go online and purchase the lifebox and /or get donors to purchase. Read more
http://www.anaesthesiologists.org/news/newsletter-december-2010-an-update-on-....

Thanks Mairi for mentioning Angela and the WFSA. The site is already functional at www.lifebox.org. Kelly

Great

Thanks for the correction Iain - I have not seen the pleth component, that's fabulous! Kelly

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