Title :
Design of a Medical And Laboratory Equipment Management Program for the new standards certification achievement in Mexico
Author :
Franco-Clark, D. ; Pimentel-Aguilar, A.B. ; Rodríguez-Vera, R.
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Dept., Univ. Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
Abstract :
Certification for healthcare institutions in Mexico is ruled by 2009 standards homologated with the Joint Commission International criteria. Nowadays, healthcare requires of medical equipment and devices, so it has become necessary to implement guidelines for its adequate management in order to reach the highest level of quality and safety at the lowest cost. The objective of this work was to develop a Medical and Laboratory Equipment Management Program, oriented to the improvement of quality, effectiveness and efficiency of the technological resources in order to meet the certification requirements. The result of this work allows to have an auto evaluation tool that focuses the efforts of the National Institute for Respiratory Diseases to the achievement of the new requirements established for the certification.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; health care; medical administrative data processing; standards; Joint Commission International criteria; Mexican standards certification; National Institute for Respiratory Diseases; auto evaluation tool; healthcare institution certification; laboratory equipment management program; medical equipment management program; technological resources; Biomedical equipment; Certification; Laboratories; Personnel; Preventive maintenance; Standards; Certification; Equipment and Supplies; Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; Mexico; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Quality Assurance, Health Care;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Buenos Aires
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626427
