Title :
User maintenance - The ‘elephant in the room’ of medical equipment
Author :
Gammie, A. ; Sinha, S.B. ; Bindal, S.
Author_Institution :
Fishtail Consulting Ltd., Marshfield, UK
Abstract :
The management of medical equipment is acknowledged to be many-faceted. Maintenance is one aspect, but the field often focusses on resourcing technical staff for the purpose. We present here a new course for user (or `first-line´) maintenance of medical equipment. It is hoped that the course material can be adapted for use in settings other than the original Indian environment.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; equipment evaluation; management training; personnel; medical equipment management; original Indian environment; resourcing technical staff; user maintenance; Equipment; Maintenance; Manual; Training; User;
Conference_Titel :
Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries, 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-680-2
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2012.1482
