[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Ber999T

JB I can say that the sheets and blankets are now used once and changed after each patient as we have to do this to maintain infection control that have been put in place to help combat the spread of MRSA. You can't use cling film as it will give a false reading because it will be putting pressure over the artery your using.

It is comforting to learn that sheets and blankets are changed after being used once Ber999T.

I wasn’t thinking of wrapping the cling film tightly around the arm, just loose to act as a barrier.

But I just cannot see how a layer of plastic about one thousandth of an inch thick, if not thinner, between the cuff and the skin could give a false reading. Do you get a false reading if the cuff is put in place over a shirtsleeve? If so how much of a false reading?

Does it make any practical difference if the reading is 130 over 80 or 132 over 82 because the cuff is not next to the skin?

Does it make any difference if the arm is thick and muscular or thin and scrawny?

If not then a thin film of plastic shouldn’t make any difference either.