Our entire nation has started to become more environmentally conscious with the advent of the Obama administration. The reason for this is that the impact that we have on the environment is at catastrophic levels. One of the major issues that contributes to this is actually the disposal of a pulse
oximeter when you are no longer needed to use it. A pulse oximeter is a health and medical device that is used by millions of individuals to monitor their health. The device in particular is key to monitoring the pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation of individuals with varying health conditions. The issue that always came up was what would happen when the device is no longer needed and you want to get rid of it. Or on the other hand the device is no longer functioning properly and you want to throw it away. Well the problem with that is the fact that the device has certain components that are particularly bad for the environment including the batteries that have mercury. The best way of dealing with this issue of disposing of the pulse oximeter is to check with the manufacturer if they have some sort of recycling program when it comes to the device. Essentially the way that this works is that these manufacturers have certain programs that incorporate special disposal methods in order to have as little impact on the environment as possible. They run these programs in conjunction with government agencies and as such they are very well equipped to deal with the situation. Many times if you just simply call them and tell them that you no longer desire to have the device they will be able to give you direction as far as what you do to get the product back to them for disposal.
