It is important to calibrate your Omron blood pressure machine regularly. This will ensure that you get accurate readings.
Omron offers a number of different models of blood pressure machines, but all of them can be calibrated the same way. You can follow the instructions in your user manual for more information about how to calibrate your specific model.
Omron has provided instructions on how to calibrate your machine.
1. Fully extend the cuff until it is tight around your arm.
2. Press and release the start button and wait for a beep to sound before taking a reading.
3. Take three measurements (one minute apart) with an empty cuff and record them in order from highest to lowest reading.
4. Double-check that you have taken at least three readings before proceeding with steps 5-8 below:
5) Press and hold the mode button for five seconds until you hear two beeps, then release it and wait for a third beep to sound before taking a reading.
6) Take three more readings (one minute apart)