Applications

The piCO+™ is designed for use as a motivational aid in smoking cessation.

• Ideal for use alongside stop smoking help programmes such as group therapy or NRT
• User profiles for adults, adolescents and pregnant women, plus custom profiles with COdata+™
• Also used for the screening of carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation
• Also screens for CO poisoning in non-smoking patients (e.g. from a faulty boiler)

Stop smoking help for young people

Young people's breath carbon monoxide levels are typically lower than adults’. These lower readings may reduce the impact of carbon monoxide monitoring with the piCO+™. To combat this, the piCO+™ has the facility of switching from 'adult' to 'adolescent' settings. The adolescent setting has lower cut-off points to differentiate between smoking statuses to make sure that the piCO+™ has the same motivational effect with young people as it does with adults.

Stop smoking help for pregnant women

The risk of underdevelopment, low birth weight and other birth defects caused by smoking in pregnancy are well documented. However, many pregnant women need support and the advice of a health professional in order to give up. The piCO+™ enables mothers to see the carbon monoxide level in their foetus, providing visual motivation for them to stop smoking.

How it works

The piCO+ analyses the amount of carbon monoxide in a single exhaled breath. It uses this reading to automatically calculate the percentage of carboxyhaemoglobin in the blood.

Carrying out a test is easy: simply press the button, follow the on-screen instructions, and exhale into the monitor through the Flatpak™ mouthpiece. Results are displayed instantly in exact parts per million (ppm) for carbon monoxide, and as a percentage for carboxyhaemoglobin (%COHb). Six twin LEDs light up using a green, amber and red ‘traffic light’ system to represent the level of carbon monoxide.

Media Centre

Downloads

• Smokerlyzer Catalogue
• piCO+ Manual
• piCO Manual
• SteriTouch Performance Report
• CO interpretation chart - How Addicted Are You?
• NPL Product Accuracy Report

Interactive

• NiCOdep® Test
• Fagerström Test

Consumables & Accessories

Flatpak™ mouthpieces

Flatpak™ mouthpieces have revolutionised the world of breath monitor mouthpieces. They take up less than a third of the space of conventional mouthpieces. They are packed in batches of 10 or individually sealed to minimise the risk of cross-infection.

D-pieces

A D-piece is used to attach Flatpak™ mouthpieces to the monitor. The D-piece incorporates a one-way valve and an infection control filter, which are proven to remove and trap >99.9% of airborne bacteria1. The D-piece should be changed every four weeks, or more often if visibly soiled. An automatic reminder will appear on the screen every 28 days.

COdata+™

COdata+™ software tracks users’ progress throughout the quitting process by creating a printable report of the individual’s smoking habit and their personal dependence on nicotine.

COdata+™ can be used to create custom profiles for hard-to-motivate individuals and for unusual situations. For example, a ‘morning’ profile could be created for testing early in the day, when carbon monoxide levels are usually lowest. Lowering the cut-off points for morning tests means that motivation will not be reduced as a result of lower CO levels being detected.

COdata+ operates with Microsoft Windows and is compatible with the piCO+™, Micro+™, piCO and piCO-lo. Click here to download a driver for the piCO+.

MaternityCO™ Chart

Used alongside the piCO+, the MaternityCO™ Chart provides a high level of visual motivation for expectant mothers to stop smoking. The MaternityCO™ Chart enables expectant mothers to see the amount of carbon monoxide being transferred from their blood to the foetus. It illustrates the potential physical effects of this exposure to carbon monoxide on the baby, including the expected birth weight.

The MaternityCO™ Chart can also be used to show the effect of passive smoking on the baby (for example, if an expectant mother’s partner smokes).

Instrument cleansing wipes

Bedfont supplies instrument cleansing wipes for cleaning the external surfaces of the monitor. Each wipe contains 1% cetrimide, a powerful antimicrobial detergent. Users can also use the wipes cleans their hands before handling the instruments.

IMPORTANT: Alcohol, or cleaning agents containing alcohol, should never be used to clean the monitor because alcohol can adversely affect the sensor within the instrument.

Calibration

The piCO+™ requires a calibration check once every six months with Bedfont's 20ppm carbon monoxide in air calibration gas. No specialist technical knowledge or skills are required, making it easy to calibrate with our Calibration Kit. We can also supply replacement calibration gas in lightweight disposable cylinders.

Calibration gas

Calibration gas is supplied by Bedfont in lightweight disposable cylinders. Calibration should be carried out with Bedfont's 20ppm CO in air calibration gas. No specialist technical knowledge or skills are required and Bedfont provides comprehensive calibration kits for ultimate ease of use. Calibration should be carried out at least every six months. A calibration reminder will appear automatically when calibration is due.

Click here for details of our calibration canisters and kits.

¹ Health Protection Agency (HPA), Porton Down, Report No.43/06, pp.10-11.

Clinical Papers

• Logan Research Ltd - UBLOW - BMC-2000 Test Report
• A D Mcneill Public Health Briefs
• J_Irving et_al Evaluation of portable expired air monitor
• Z Usmani et al CO breath testing in pregnancy 2008
• D MacLaren et al.-Smoking status validation (Australia) 2010
• J O Andrews et al Smoking Cessation Intervention in Public Housing
• A Schoons Smoking cessation group counselling in hospital staff 2008
• ELow et al Breath CO for smoking status in the military 2004
• M Jarvis et al Low Cost CO Monitors Assessment 1986
• J Hald et al Evaluation of Objective Measures of Smoking Status
• R Laranjiera et al Environmental CO and non-smoking waiters 2000
• R Bittoun - Meter The stethoscope of smoking cessation - 2008
• Optimal Cutoff Level of Breath Carbon Monoxide for Assessing Smoking Status in Patients With Asthma and COPD
• Effect of H2 on CO readings - 1990
• The effect of Sa˜o Paulo’s smoke-free legislation on carbon monoxide concentration in hospitality venues and their workers

News

Reviews

“We use the Smokerlyzer range in Warwickshire to help educate, motivate and validate smokers wishing to stop smoking to great effect and find the Smokerlyzers to be an essential part of our stop smoking service equipment.”

Jane Wright – Warwickshire Smoking Cessation Manager for Warwickshire

“The Smokerlyzer range is regarded as the ‘tool of our trade’ at our stop smoking service. It provides a qualitative result for our quit rates whilst providing the patient with extra motivation, complimenting the hard work carried out by our advisers.

Graham Thomas – Stop Smoking Service Manager of Eastern and Coastal Kent