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• Wear the oximeter probe on ring or pinky finger of non-dominant hand.

• Secure the probe.
  

1. Place the probe on the finger (cable facing the back of the hand), then use a cloth probe cover over top of the probe to hold it in place. 

2.  You can also secure the oximeter by using a small strip of medical tape to tape the probe cord loosely to the back of the hand as shown above. *The probe should not be taped to the finger as this may restrict bloodflow.    

• Do not turn oximeter ON until ready to sleep.

• If the patient gets up during the night, request he/she to turn the oximeter off when getting out of bed, and be sure to turn it back ON when returning.

• Turn OFF the oximeter at the end of each night.

• The first night may have more error as the patient adjusts to sleeping with the oximeter, therefore some practices record 2-3 nights, then generate the report for the last night or all nights.