Inova Health System Re-Ups System-wide Pulse Oximetry Contract with Masimo

FAIRFAX, Va. and IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inova Health System, one of the largest healthcare systems in Northern Virginia and the Washington D.C. metro area, today renewed its long-standing contract and commitment to Masimo SET^® as its pulse oximetry standard-of-care.

The new five-year contract now includes Inova Loudoun Hospital – making Masimo pulse oximetry technologies and devices the standard-of-care for all care areas of five hospitals within the Inova Health System, including Inova Fairfax Hospital, rated No. 1 in the Washington, D.C. area on the 2012-2013 U.S. News & World Report honor roll. The contract also adds Masimo rainbow^® SET^® measurement capabilities with Masimo's handheld Rad-57™ Pulse CO-Oximeter™, designed to deliver rapid noninvasive blood measurements for improved patient assessments.

Inova Health System standardized on Masimo SET^® pulse oximetry technology for Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion SpO₂, pulse rate, and perfusion index measurements more than seven years ago because it virtually eliminates false alarms¹ and increases a clinician's ability to detect life-threatening events². More than 100 independent clinical studies have confirmed that Masimo SET^® technology allows clinicians to accurately monitor blood oxygen saturation in the most challenging conditions – establishing the technology as an industry-leading pulse oximetry that substantially contributes to improved patient outcomes.

Today, the health system is expanding its relationship with Masimo and deploying two new Masimo rainbow^® SET^® Pulse CO-Oximetry measurements: carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO^®) and methemoglobin (SpMet^®), which help clinicians measure and detect carbon monoxide and methemoglobin blood levels without a painful needle stick or time-consuming blood lab analysis^3,4. Masimo rainbow^® SET^® technology has been shown to have the highest pulse oximetry specificity (lowest rate of false alarms) and sensitivity (highest true alarm detection),² as well as noninvasive patient monitoring solutions that allow clinicians to measure multiple blood constituents – including: oxygen content (SpOC™), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO^®), methemoglobin (SpMet^®), acoustic respiration rate (RRa™), and perfusion index (PI) in addition to the Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion performance of Masimo SET^® oxyhemoglobin (SpO₂), and pulse rate (PR).

Thanks to Masimo's upgradable technology platform, Inova's existing Radical-7^® bedside monitors can be upgraded to include additional Masimo rainbow^® SET^® measurements via a simple software upgrade that may be purchased at any time. No additional hardware or devices are required to obtain Masimo's full suite of noninvasive rainbow^® SET^® measurements – saving the health system time and money.

1 Shah N, Ragaswamy HB, Govindugari K, Estanol L "Performance of Three New-Generation Pulse Oximeters during Motion and Low Perfusion in Volunteers".J Clin Anesth. 2012 Aug;24(5):385-91.

2 Taenzer, Andreas H.; Pyke, Joshua B.; McGrath, Susan P.; Blike, George T. "Impact of Pulse Oximetry Surveillance on Rescue Events and Intensive Care Unit Transfers: A Before-and-After Concurrence Study." Anesthesiology, February 2010, Vol. 112, Issue 2. Available online here.

3 Suner, S. Noninvasive Pulse CO-Oximetry Screening in the Emergency Department Identifies Occult Carbon Monoxide Toxicity. J Emerg Med 2007; 34(4):441-450.

4 Ash-Bernal R, Wise R, Wright SM. Acquired Methemoglobinemia. A Retrospective Series of 138 Cases at 2 Teaching Hospitals. Medicine. 2004; 83: 265-272.

About Inova Health System

Inova is a not-for-profit health care system located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, serving over two million people with over 1,700 licensed beds based in Northern Virginia. Inova consists of five hospitals including the area's only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care unit.  Inova encompasses many health services including the nationally and internationally recognized Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI), Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) on genomics, Inova Neuroscience Institute and Inova Children's Hospital. Inova's mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research. More information and statistics about Inova are at www.inova.org.

About Masimo

Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) is the global leader in innovative noninvasive monitoring technologies that significantly improve patient care—helping solve "unsolvable" problems. In 1995, the company debuted Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, known as Masimo SET^®, which virtually eliminated false alarms and increased pulse oximetry's ability to detect life-threatening events. More than 100 independent and objective studies have shown that Masimo SET^® outperforms other pulse oximetry technologies, even under the most challenging clinical conditions, including patient motion and low peripheral perfusion. In 2005, Masimo introduced rainbow SET^® Pulse CO-Oximetry technology, allowing noninvasive and continuous monitoring of blood constituents that previously required invasive procedures, including total hemoglobin (SpHb^®), oxygen content (SpOC^TM), carboxyhemoglobin (SpCO^®), methemoglobin (SpMet^®), and Pleth Variability Index (PVI^®), in addition to SpO₂, pulse rate, and perfusion index (PI). In 2008, Masimo introduced Patient SafetyNet™, a remote monitoring and wireless clinician notification system designed to help hospitals avoid preventable deaths and injuries associated with failure to rescue events. In 2009, Masimo introduced rainbow^® Acoustic Monitoring^TM, the first-ever noninvasive and continuous monitoring of acoustic respiration rate (RRa™). Masimo's rainbow^® SET^® technology platform offers a breakthrough in patient safety by helping clinicians detect life-threatening conditions and helping guide treatment options. In 2010, Masimo acquired SEDLine^®, a pioneer in the development of innovative brain function monitoring technology and devices. In 2012, Masimo acquired assets of Spire Semiconductor, LLC, maker of advanced light emitting diode (LED) and other advanced component-level technologies; and acquired PHASEIN AB, a developer and manufacturer of ultra-compact mainstream and sidestream capnography, multigas analyzers, and handheld capnometry solutions. Masimo SET^® and Masimo rainbow^® SET^® technologies also can be found in over 100 multiparameter patient monitors from over 50 medical device manufacturers around the world. Founded in 1989, Masimo has the mission of "Improving Patient Outcome and Reducing Cost of Care … by Taking Noninvasive Monitoring to New Sites and Applications^®." Additional information about Masimo and its products may be found at www.masimo.com.

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