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A survey of hospital AC power quality.

An AC power-quality survey was conducted at four hospitals of differing bed sizes in the Midwest. This power-line survey concentrated on determining the ac power quality in three areas: ICU/CCU, radiology, and the clinical chemistry lab. A summary of three months of monitoring indicates very stable RMS voltage levels but the presence of substantial voltage impulses or electrical noise. The substantial ac line voltage impulses observed may be of concern to both medical equipment users and designers.

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Medical device networks.

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Equipment and Supplies, Hospital↗
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Strategies for technology management in clinical engineering.

Clinical and Biomedical Engineering managers are in a position to utilize their management skills and apply analytical strategies to identify and capture cost savings opportunities in their institutions. To do so, however, they may be required to expand their scope and extend beyond what may have been their traditional areas of responsibility. This paper examines how management skills, techniques, and strategies were applied to establish a program to manage the repair of rigid and flexible surgical scopes. The program resulted in substantial cost savings, as well as other significant quantitative and qualitative benefits, and further demonstrated the value of proper technology management in healthcare institutions.

Biomedical Engineering↗
PubMed2001

Energy management: a reemerging concern for the department manager.

The cost of energy in the average health care institution, at one time rarely more than I percent of the total budget, has amounted to 3 percent to 5 percent or more of the budget since the mid-1970s. As society gradually adjusted to these higher energy costs, the urgency for energy conservation faded, and true energy management, briefly a high priority, fell by the wayside. It is now evident that higher energy costs are here to stay, and energy supplies are becoming more limited, in some areas alarmingly so, at the same time other financial concerns are making themselves felt. Therefore, energy management is resurfacing as an active management concern. Much of energy management at the department level is a matter of awareness and attitude, and an energy-conscious manager can influence the staff toward energy consciousness.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Acceptance testing of medical electrical equipment.

A procedure for acceptance testing medical electrical equipment delivered to one UK Health Authority was established as part of a wider equipment management policy. The findings of the acceptance testing and related vetting of safety questionnaires during a complete year are reported. The place of such testing is considered in relation to the equipment policy of the Authority and the equipment user together with the relationship with the manufacturer. It is concluded that a full equipment management system is essential to control costs, and reduce hazards to patients and staff. Such an approach is necessary if the National Health Service is to obtain full benefit of the technological advances of the time.

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The financial management of hospital equipment.

This paper outlines the main failings of the National Health Service in respect of its purchase and use of clinical and laboratory equipment. It emphasizes the need for proper inventories and demonstrates how they can aid the more efficient use of equipment by ensuring that all purchases within a Health District are co-ordinated and that named officers are responsible for individual pieces of equipment.

Biomedical Engineering↗
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Equipment management in practice.

This article describes the setting up, funding and organization of an in-house equipment management service in the Bristol & Weston Health Authority. Existing resources were redeployed to form the present service. The range of equipment now maintained under the auspices of the Medical Physics Bioengineering Group has a capital value of 12 million pounds. All work is costed and a charge made to the client for whom work is carried out. A team of 27 medical physics technicians and three graduate engineers are maintained from this source of income. This method of funding is now making way for a system of job costing which will provide a basis for comparison with an outside service.

Biomedical Engineering↗
PubMed1990

Selecting air handling units.

Proper selection of air handling unit components plays a critical role in occupant acceptance of a conditioned space.

Air Conditioning↗