Accurate & Reliable: The PharmaSmart is a validated clinical device, considered as accurate as a well-trained BP technician. The PS-2000 has been clinically evaluated for compliance with The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s (AAMI) standard and to a modified British Hypertension Society (BHS) protocol. Click below to review a PDF version of the PS-2000 published clinical validation.

BP Monitoring Report – Published Clinical

PharmaSmart blood pressure kiosks are designed to measure from the left arm. Unfortunately, some patients (due to stents or other medical reasons) are unable to take blood pressure readings from their left arm. PharmaSmart has patented a process where patients may now measure their blood pressure on their right arm.

PharmaSmart equipment is designed for the “left are standard” because the National Institutes of Health and AAMI (the FDA) both stipulate that for the general screening of blood pressure, blood pressure should be taken from the left arm in a seated position at the level of the heart. They adopted this position because left and right arm blood pressure will yield different results due to human physiology. Also, the left arm, which is closer to the heart, will yield a stronger signal. They hypertension guidelines (whether you are considered hypertensive or not) are therefore based on left arm standards.

Certainly, readings from your right arm are meaningful, and your doctor may encourage you to take right arm readings for his/her analysis. However, since we are governed by the regulatory requirements and standards set forth by these organizations, all of our legacy equipment is designed to measure BP from the left arm, in a seated position, at the level of the heart. Our latest brand will now allow a simple active blood pressure measurement on your right arm.

Pharma-Smart PS-2000 Proven Accuracy

The PharmaSmart PS-2000 BP Monitor is designed to measure blood pressure in accordance with American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for general screening: seated, brachial artery measurement at the level of the heart.

The model PS-2000 oscillometric technology and patented cuff design has been clinically evaluated for compliance with The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s standard (AAMI) and to a modified British Hypertension Society (BHS) Protocol. The clinical study was performed at the University of Tennessee, and the results were published in the technical research journal Blood Pressure Monitoring (vol 9, no 1).

Subjects tested ranged in age from 18 to 74, with the average age of 40. Arm size ranged from 18 to 43 cm in circumference. Resting systolic pressure ranged from 91 to 252 mmHg, and resting diastolic pressure ranged from 57 to 160 mmHg. There were 44 males, and 41 females. For each subject the readings obtained by the PS-2000 were compared with auscultatory readings obtained by two clinicians, blinded to the results of each other and the device. The manual reference measurements were alternated with the readings obtained by the device.

The study concluded: “The PharmaSmart PS-2000 met the AAMI (FDA) requirements for accuracy. Most notably, the mean difference between welltrained clinicians and the device readings were very small (0.07 systolic and –0.3 diastolic). Further, when analyzed in accordance to the BHS evaluation protocol, the PS-2000 achieved the highest grade – an ‘A’. It is well suited for its role as a high volume, self-administered blood pressure screening device.”

^{(Hypertension. 2005;45:142.) AHA SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT © 2005 American Heart Association, Inc. Recommendations for Blood Pressure Measurement in Humans and Experimental Animals Thomas G. Pickering, MD, DPhil; John E. Hall, PhD; Lawrence J. Appel, MD; Bonita E. Falkner, MD; John Graves, MD; Martha N. Hill, RN, PhD; Daniel W. Jones, MD; Theodore Kurtz, MD; Sheldon G. Sheps, MD; Edward J. Roccella, PhD, MPH Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, American National standard: Manual, electronic or automated sphygmomanometers. Arlington, Virginia: AAMI; 2002 O’Brien E, Petrie J, Littler WA, DeSwiet M, Padfield PL, Altman D, et al. The British Hypertension Society protocol for the evaluation of blood pressure measuring devices. J Hypertens 1993;11(suppl 2):S43-S63 Alpert BS. Validation of the Pharma-Smart PS-2000 public use blood pressure monitor. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2004, 9:19-23}

With traditional blood pressure cuff technology, accurate readings are obtained only if the correct size blood pressure cuff is used for a particular patient. PharmaSmart’s patented cuff is proven to be accurate for 97% of small, medium, and large-sized adult arms. The PharmaSmart cuff replaces three standard adult cuffs, and eliminates errors in cuff selection that are common with traditional equipment.