Bedfont scientific have been recognised as world leaders in the market of exhaled breath monitors for over 20 years. Today, they have used this knowledge to develop and manufacture a breath CO monitor specifically for pregnant women.

The babyCOmpact™ is a small and affordable tester that can used as part of your everyday screening at all antenatal appointments. Displaying the damaging CO levels within the mother's blood can create the opportunity for discussing whether she would like to quit smoking, or requires extra help.

Even if the mother does not smoke, routine monitoring with the babyCOmpact™ at antenatal visits will highlight any boiler or heater malfunctions that could be poisoning the family by leaking CO.

Quit Smoking health professionals will still want to use the advanced features of Bedfont’s existing Smokerlyzer^® family of monitors. However, the babyCOmpact™ Smokerlyzer^® allows cost effective CO breath testing to be made available to a much wider audience.

Applications

• Used by pharmacies to show the damaging level of CO in a smoker’s body and to subsequently advise on the best pharmacotherapy to help them quit
• Used by school nursing services to help young people to quit and to highlight the dangers of smoking during health education sessions
• Used by health visitors when visiting people in their own homes for smoking cessation as well as discovering potential CO poisoning from faulty boilers and gas appliances
• Used by occupational health professionals in medicals and other interventions to ensure optimum work performance from all employees
• Used by GPs and practice nurses as part of regular appointments to check for health and well-being
• Used by dentists and hygienists to help promote improved oral health and to reduce the risk of oral cancers
• Used by gyms, fitness clubs and personal trainers before writing up a fitness programme

Consumables

Bedfont Scientific supply a range of consumables to complement your COmpact Smokerlyzer. It is recommended that you use Bedfont consumables for optimum performance from your monitor.

Flatpak Mouthpieces

These mouthpieces take up less than a tenth of the space of normal cardboard mouthpieces and can easily be carried around. They are also packed in batches of 25 to reduce handling and the risk of cross-infection and are available in boxes of 50 or 250. It is essential that a new mouthpiece is used for every test carried out.

D-pieces

The D-piece is used to attach the Flatpak mouthpiece to the tester and incorporates a one-way valve and infection control filter, proven to remove and trap >99.9% of airborne bacteria¹. The D-piece should be changed at least once a month or sooner if visibly soiled.

Instrument Cleansing Wipes

Bedfont provide instrument cleansing wipes for the instrument and external D-piece surfaces. Cleaning products containing alcohol should never be used, as they could affect the accuracy of the instrument. It is recommended that wipes are used for one surface only.