MAC Medical, offers the pulse oximeter that is attached to the patient and monitors their blood oxygen level. A pulse oximeter is a small, lightweight device used to monitor the amount of oxygen carried in the body. This noninvasive tool attaches painlessly to the fingertip, sending two wavelengths of light through the finger to measure pulse rate and how much oxygen is in a patients system.

This purchase is exempt from the usual selection processes of the Procurement Code because the procurement expenditure is for medical supplies or medical services necessary for the delivery of care and treatment at medical, dental, or veterinary teaching facilities utilized by SIU or U of I (30 ILCS 500 / 1-13(b-5)) MAC Medical supplies have to do with direct patient care. Without access to these specific supplies the hospital would not be able to offer certain types of patient care, which in turn would drive patients elsewhere and result in a loss in revenue to the hospital to the hospital.