Use the Pulmonary Function module to record the results of employees’ pulmonary tests and chest x-rays either manually or through direct transfer from spirometers.
The module automatically calculates the predicted values based on the employee's relevant physical information and will display a text interpretation of the result. The interpretation standard (GOLD/Hardie 2008, NLHEP, ATS 1991, NICE, SEPAR 2013), and the predicted values standard (Crapo, European Respiratory Society (ERS), Knudson 1976, Knudson 1983, Morris, and NHANESIII) to be used are defined in the system settings (see Changing Your System Settings). An employee smoking history is also included and contains fields for type, quantity per day and start/stop dates.
Medical clearance for respirator use can be flagged and related data automatically transferred to the Respirator Fit Testing module (see Respirator Fit Testing).
This chapter explains how to:
enter information for pulmonary tests (see Entering Pulmonary Function Test Results)
transfer results directly from a spirometer (seeTransferring Pulmonary Function Test Results from a Spirometer)
enter information for chest x-rays (see Entering Details of Chest X-rays).
To see the look-up tables used by this module and the reports available, see Module Reference. There may also be system settings that affect your use of this module; for more information, see Changing Your System Settings.