What is foetal heart simulator calibration?
Foetal heart simulator calibration ensures these devices accurately replicate foetal heartbeats, allowing biomedical engineers to verify the performance and accuracy of foetal heart monitors used in obstetric care. Calibration involves checking heart rate simulation accuracy against a higher-precision reference standard, ensuring reliable readings for foetal health assessments.
Why is calibration important for foetal heart simulators?
Foetal heart simulators play a critical role in maternity care, helping clinicians monitor the health of a foetus before birth. Regular calibration is essential to:
- Ensure accurate foetal heart rate measurements for patient monitoring
- Maintain compliance with medical safety regulations
- Prevent incorrect diagnoses due to inaccurate heartbeat simulations
- Support reliable performance in hospitals, maternity wards, and medical manufacturing
Incorrect foetal heart rate readings could lead to misdiagnosis of foetal distress, delayed intervention, or unnecessary medical procedures, making regular calibration crucial for patient safety.
Does Calibrationhouse offer on-site calibration for foetal heart simulators?
Yes, Calibrationhouse provides on-site calibration services across the UK, ensuring minimal disruption for NHS maternity wards, private healthcare providers, and medical manufacturers. Customers can also send their foetal heart simulators to our Durham-based laboratory for traceable and UKAS-accredited calibration.
For customers in the United States, foetal heart simulator calibration is available at our Tampa facility, ensuring compliance with BSI ISO9001-certified standards.
What expertise does Calibrationhouse have in calibrating foetal heart simulators?
Calibrationhouse has extensive experience in foetal monitoring calibration, working closely with GMC Instruments Group brand partner Rigel Medical. Our team has expertise in calibrating:
- Standalone foetal heart simulators
- Multi-parameter patient simulators with foetal monitoring functionality
- Specialist obstetric monitoring equipment used in maternity care
With decades of design, manufacture, and calibration experience, Calibrationhouse ensures precise calibration for all makes and models of foetal heart simulators.
How often should a foetal heart simulator be calibrated?
Calibrationhouse recommends annual calibration for all foetal heart simulators to ensure continued measurement accuracy and compliance. To assist customers, we provide automatic reminders for yearly calibration services.
Does Calibrationhouse provide UKAS and BSI ISO9001-accredited calibration for foetal heart simulators?
Yes, Calibrationhouse offers UKAS-accredited calibration, ensuring traceability to national and international standards. Additionally, our Tampa facility in the United States operates under BSI ISO9001 certification, guaranteeing high-quality calibration services that meet industry compliance requirements.
Calibration services are available onsite in the UK or at our laboratory, with fast turnaround times to keep essential medical equipment in service.
How can I schedule calibration for my foetal heart simulator?
To arrange calibration, contact Calibrationhouse via phone, email, or our online request form. Our team will assist in selecting the best calibration service based on your location and operational needs.
