- Prepares and calibrates equipment required for testing to determine proper functioning and makes adjustments as necessary.
- Performs appropriate physiological calibrations to ensure proper signals and makes adjustments if necessary.
- Explains pre-testing, testing and post-testing to the patient.
- Collects, analyzes and integrates patient information in order to identify and meet the patient-specific needs.
- Applies electrodes and sensors according to accepted published standards.
- Follows “lights out” procedures to establish and document baseline values.
- Performs Polysomnographic data acquisition while monitoring study tracing quality to ensure signals are artifact free and makes adjustments as necessary.
- Follows procedural protocols [such as Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), CPAP/BiPAP, oxygen titration] to ensure collection of appropriate data.
- Documents routine observations including sleep stages and clinical events and significant events to facilitate scoring and interpretation.
- Implements appropriate interventions for patient safety i.e., continuous and bi-level positive airway pressure, auto-servo ventilation, and oxygen administration.
- Collects assessment of sleep before patient leaves.
- Reviews patient complaints regarding sleep, sleep and health questionnaires, and pertinent lab results before starting the procedure.
- Scores sleep/wake stages and scores clinical events according to published guidelines.
- Recognizes and provides age specific care in the treatment, assessment, and education of adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Schedules tests, mails patient sleep packets, answers questions via phone and email, orders supplies, interacts with vendors, coordinates in-services, pulls old patient records, sends final reports to physician offices, ensures that patient charts are complete, files, and collects Quality Assurance data when working the day shift.
- Checks patients in for Sleep studies. Verifies patient insurance and scans appropriate documents into the patient record.
- Follows universal precautions and good hand hygiene.
- Orients and trains new employees.
- Educates fellow healthcare professionals and the general public regarding sleep related issues. This is accomplished via telephone contact, health fairs, and public presentations.
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