{"id":69,"date":"2015-12-04T09:56:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T09:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2018-01-19T14:54:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T14:54:29","slug":"new-ad-um-102a-mercury-free-sphygmomanometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/new-ad-um-102a-mercury-free-sphygmomanometer\/","title":{"rendered":"Does anyone still use Mercury Sphygmomanometers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UM-102A is the latest second generation Mercury free sphygmomanometer from Japanese company A&amp;D Medical. It builds on the reliability and accuracy of the previous model, which it replaces, but now features a new ergonomic, modern, lightweight design.<\/p>\n<p>Designed for professional use, it allows clinicians to record accurate blood pressure measurements using the \u201cGold Standard\u201d Auscultatory measurement technique whilst listening for Korotkoff sounds with a stethoscope.<\/p>\n<p>An extensive range of latex free compatible cuffs, with \u201cquick fit\u201d connectors and inflation bulbs already attached, make swapping cuffs quick and simple.<\/p>\n<p>The adjustable, clear, anti-glare LCD screen is graduated just like Mercury so it is easy to read from any angle.<\/p>\n<p>Sales of new Mercury sphygmomanometers were banned in the UK in 2014, but the UM-102A is an alternative clinically validated modern interpretation of the traditional Mercury sphygmomanometer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UM-102A is the latest second generation Mercury free sphygmomanometer from Japanese company A&amp;D Medical. It builds on the reliability and accuracy of the previous model, which it replaces, but now features a new ergonomic, modern, lightweight design. Designed for professional use, it allows clinicians to record accurate blood pressure measurements using the \u201cGold Standard\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/new-ad-um-102a-mercury-free-sphygmomanometer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Does anyone still use Mercury Sphygmomanometers?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[49,7,50,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmsinstruments.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}