Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure Monitor Testing and Calibration

Having your blood pressure monitor tested and calibrated is an important part of maintaining your blood pressure monitor.

The accuracy of your blood pressure monitor is of the utmost importance and faulty monitors may give incorrect blood pressure readings affecting results and diagnostics.

Having your blood pressure monitor tested and calibrated reduces maintenance costs and significantly improves efficiency, allowing your blood pressure monitor’s component parts to work longer at a minimal increase to costs.

Tips on choosing the right company to test and calibrate your blood pressure monitor:

Choose an independent medical equipment testing and calibration company, who will fix your blood pressure monitor rather than condemn it.

The accuracy of your blood pressure monitor is of the utmost importance and faulty blood pressure monitors may give incorrect readings affecting results and diagnostics. Having your blood pressure monitor tested and calibrated ensures complete accuracy, efficiency is improved and maintenance costs are reduced.

Choose an accredited company.

TAG Medical is an ISO 9001 accredited company, underlining the ability to deliver a quality assured service.

Blood Pressure Monitor “Return-To-Base” express service. TAG offers a popular “Return-To-Base” express service for testing and calibrating your monitor.

Service Details

Cost: £19 +vat.
Timescale: 3-5 working days from receipt of unit.
Instructions: Simply send your blood pressure monitor to:
TAG Medical Ltd
1 The Triangle
ng2 Business Park
Nottingham
NG2 1AE
Please also send the blood pressure cuff and a cheque for £19 + vat (£21.85 inc vat) made payable to TAG Medical Ltd who will test and calibrate the unit and send it back to you complete with test certificate and certification label.

Please remember to include your return address and contact details. If the unit requires a charger please send that too. We recommend you send the unit by recorded delivery.

If your blood pressure monitor is found to be operating outside the recommended tolerance levels or is faulty in any other way, TAG Medical will attempt to repair the unit at no extra charge. If it is beyond economic repair, TAG Medical will inform you immediately. TAG Medical is an independent company and does not in any way benefit from this process, ensuring an unbiased and objective service.

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Clinically Approved Blood Pressure Monitors

There are many blood pressure monitors on the market, but not all of them have been clinically validated for accuracy. The British Hypertension Society (BHS) maintains an up-to-date list of clinically validated blood pressure monitors, which we have reproduced on this page The majority of clinically validated monitors are upper arm monitors, where the cuff is put around the arm, above the elbow. However a number of wrist monitors are now clinically validated, but readings at home may be inaccurate if the wrist is not held at heart level. For this reason, the British Hypertension Society recommends the use of upper arm monitors in preference to wrist monitors.

All monitors that are clinically validated will give a reliable result, regardless of whether they cost £35 or £135. The differences in cost reflect the number of additional features a monitor has (for example the ability to store previous readings or speak out readings). But none of the extra features is necessary for an accurate reading, only that the monitor is clinically validated.

Where to buy a blood pressure monitor

Many shops and chemists stock blood pressure monitors but you will find these models cheaper online from medical equipment supply specialist such as Medisave

Cuff size:

If you have very large or very small arms you may need a smaller or larger sized cuff – ask your doctor or nurse for advice. If different sizes are available for any models they are listed as:  small , standard and large.

Resperate

This device is not clinically validated but reports from the USA show that when used in conjunction with existing treatments resperate does help to lower BP by encourging breathing control.

up-to-date list of clinically validated blood pressure monitors,

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