MERCURY SPHYGMOMANOMETERS SHOULDN'T BE ABANDONED "Although both aneroid and electronic instruments have some advantages of portability and ease of use, few of these instruments have had adequate validation. Still fewer of these instrument's are calibrated regularly. To be sure, these instruments have a place in patient management, particularly with respect to their use as home monitoring devices. However most of these instruments have not been adequately validated over a wide range of blood pressures, ages, and clinical conditions to warrant routine use in hospitals and outpatient settings." Hypertension magazine, Vol. 37, no. 2 (February 2001) Back to "Accuracy is Everything" Homepage