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Understanding and improving pulse oximeter accuracy across skin pigmentations for the safe provision of anesthesia

Lifebox is dedicated to providing a highly accurate pulse oximeter to clinicians. As part of this effort, we are committed to the continuing evaluation of devices that we distribute. The most recent testing done by the Hypoxia Lab at UCSF in February 2021 reveals that the Lifebox Acare AH-M1 meets the accuracy levels specified by international standards and […]

Lifebox: Why was it important at this time for Lifebox and Ariadne Labs to initiate Checking In On the Checklist? With the Checklist being over ten years old, what were you looking to achieve? Alex Haynes: Reflecting on ten years of Checklist uptake around the world, we realized there was a lot to understand about […]

Lifebox Global COVID-19 response supports healthcare providers respond to the pandemic with tools and strategies for safe surgical, anesthesia, and COVID-19 care, including training, PPE, and pulse oximetry distribution.

“To make people count, we first need to be able to count people,” said then WHO Director General Lee Jong-Wook in 2003/last week on the excellent Guardian Global Development Professionals Network. If only ‘counting people’ was as easy as 1,2,3.  Good data gathering takes planning, it takes money, and it takes time you really don’t […]

FACT SHEET DESIGN INFO VIDEOS MEDIA ADVISORY  PRESS RELEASE Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children under five, killing almost 1 million worldwide each year. Hypoxemia (low blood oxygen level) is a critical factor in diagnosis, making pulse oximetry a vital tool in early treatment. Access to pulse oximetry at the community and healthcare facility level informs hospital […]

Adventurers/doctors Laura Irwin and Reza Noori are embarking on a year long unaided cycle journey to help support safer surgery in low resource countries. They’re riding the length of the Andes, the longest mountain range in the world. As far as fundraising challenges go, this one sets the bar high! We’ll be keeping in touch […]

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