Acrylic Nails And Pulse Oximetry

Ralston AC Webb RK Runciman WB.

Acrylic nails and pulse oximetry. Nail polish if blue green or black causes inaccurate S p O 2 readings whereas acrylic nails do not interfere with pulse oximetry readings. In this study the investigator desires to clarify the effect of nail polish. Data of measurements with artificial finger nails are not sufficiently published.

These references suggest that synthetic nails affect pulse oximeter. The effect of nail polish and acrylic nails on the accuracy of saturation. The effect of nail polish and acrylic nails on pulse oximetry reading using the Lifebox oximeter in Nigeria.

New research suggests that nail treatments such as acrylic nails or nail polishes do not as previously thought affect readings from digital pulse oximetry DPO devices used to monitor patients. Potential errors in pulse oximetry. Data of measurements with artificial finger nails are not sufficiently published.

However intermittent co-oximetry is still the gold standard SaO 2. Pulse oximetry is the most common technique to monitor oxygen saturation SpO 2 during intensive care therapy. Black and brown nail polish resulted in a significant decrease in SpO2.

However the color was also dependent on who. Pulse oximetry have focused on acrylic nails although there are several different types of artificial nails made of various materials that remain untested. For starters nail polish color and decals can affect readings as can acrylic or gel nails.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES - Pulse oximetry is mandatory during anaesthesia sedation and transfer of critically ill patients. Using a paired Students t test no statistically significant differences existed between readings. This study demonstrates that unpolished acrylic nails do not affect pulse oximetry measurements of oxygen saturation.