#TechTipTuesday Oct. 27, 2020: Fetal Transducers

by Kaylee McCaffrey, Biomedical Engineering Solutions Sales Specialist

It's #TechTipTuesday! Welcome to our weekly series where we ask members of the biomedical community about their tips and recommendations for maintaining medical equipment. This week we're asking, “What tips do you have in mind when it comes to servicing fetal transducers?”

How to Test Fetal Ultrasound Transducers

This week, we asked Jesus Miranda, Supervisor of Fetal Transducers and Gas Analyzers for Avante, for his tips on testing fetal transducers. Read Jesus’ tips below.

To test a fetal ultrasound transducer, follow these easy steps:

1.  Switch on the monitor and the recorder.

2.  Connect the transducer to the fetal monitor.

3.  Select the fetal heart sound for this channel.

4.  Increase the loudspeaker volume to an audible level.

5.  Holding the transducer in one hand, move your other hand repeatedly towards and then away from the surface.

6. Check that a noise is heard from the loudspeaker from each individual piezoelectric crystal.

If any of the following tests fail, repeat the test using another transducer. If the second transducer passes the tests, confirming that the first transducer is defective, it’s time contact your service personnel.

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Thanks to Jesus for giving us today’s tips on fetal transducers! Want to join the conversation and add your own tips? Be sure to follow me on LinkedIn and comment on today’s #TechTipTuesday post. See you next week!