Establishing an Accredited Medical Equipment Calibration Laboratory

Author

Wahed, Manal Abdel ; Samy, S.A. ; Montaser, M.

Author_Institution

Syst. & Biomed. Eng. Dept., Cairo Univ., Giza

fYear

2008

fDate

18-20 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Accreditation is a means of determining the technical competence of laboratories to perform specific types of testing, measurement and calibration. Medical equipments require confirmation that they comply with specifications and safety regulations before they can be used in health care facilities. This paper presents guide lines to establish an Accredited Medical Equipment Calibration Laboratory in Egypt, based on the experience of the Medical Equipment Calibration Lab (MECL) of the Systems And Biomedical Engineering Department (SBME), Cairo University. A description of the calibration program and the requirements for calibration accreditation are explained. General overview of the MECL quality manual and other quality-related documentation is included.

Keywords

accreditation; biomedical equipment; calibration; health care; accreditation; calibration; health care; medical equipment; Accreditation; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical measurements; Calibration; Health and safety; Laboratories; Medical services; Performance evaluation; Safety devices; Testing; Accreditation; Calibration; EGAC; MECL;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Conference, 2008. CIBEC 2008. Cairo International

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2694-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2695-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIBEC.2008.4786109

Filename

4786109