One of the primary aims of ARTP Sleep is to promote the highest standards of professional practice. In this way we contribute to the safety and well-being of the general public
ARTP SLEEP Standards of Care Position Statements
Standards of Care Position Statements are set out to specify minimum standards of professional practice regardless of where or by whom services referred to are delivered. They apply for delivery in primary care, secondary care and in the independent sector.
Standards of Care - Sleep Apnoea Services (Treatment)
This position statement sets out minimum standards together with a code of conduct that will protect patients and maintain high quality delivery of CPAP services, regardless of who delivers the service.
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Standards of Care - CPAP Devices (Technical and Performance)
This position statement contains the draft methodology and standard for certification of Auto-Adjusting (APAP) devices along with an amendment to the pressure stability requirement and the separation of ‘Essential’ and ‘Desirable’ features.
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Standards of Care - Sleep Apnoea Services (Diagnostics)
This position statement sets out minimum standards together with a code of conduct that will protect patients and maintain high standards of delivery for sleep diagnostic services regardless of who delivers the service.
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Standards of Care - Sleep Apnoea Diagnostic Devices (Technical and Performance)
ARTP Standards for Sleep Diagnostic Services have existed since 2008 with regular updates since the inception. The technical features in previous versions were not detailed and need updating. The Technical and Performance aspects have now been extracted from the original document, totally revised, and published in this new, expanded, version which outlines ARTP minimum standards for the technical specification and performance of sleep diagnostic devices. The document also introduces the design and development of an independent facility to test the compliance of sleep diagnostic devices, across the full range of internationally recognised levels, with the standards set out in this document for technical compliance and performance.
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Standards of Care - Mandibular Repositioning Devices
This position statement sets basic standards together with a code of conduct that will protect patients and maintain high standards of quality care for MRD services. The Association of Respiratory Technology and Physiology (ARTP) has consulted with the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine (BSDSM) in the development of these guidelines.
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CPAP Certified Device Programme
The risk to patients of unregulated provision of CPAP devices without regard to technical and performance quality standards is real and significant. There is the possibility of sub-optimal patient care being delivered, albeit unwittingly, due to ineffective and inappropriate treatment being delivered by the provision of poorly performing CPAP devices. Whilst the majority of CPAP device manufacturers and distributors strive to provide quality products and service, there is no way of minimising the potential for poorly performing devices to be sold without a robust, independent testing regimen.
CPAP device manufacturers, and distributors where the manufacturer does not have a presence in the United Kingdom, who are members of ARTP SAC, may submit CPAP devices to ARTP of their own volition for independent laboratory testing against the technical and performance standards set out in the ARTP Standards of Care - CPAP Devices (Technical and Performance). ARTP will maintain and publish a register via this web site of those sampled devices which meet or exceed the technical and performance standards set out in the Standards of Care document.