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The quality of the provision of medical services is determined not only by professional medical personnel, but also the effectiveness of medical devices.
The effectiveness of medical devices includes the clinical effectiveness and technical and economic efficiency.
The clinical effectiveness of medical technology depends on its functionality and quality of their performance. Techno-economic component of the effectiveness of medical equipment is determined by its cost, the cost of maintenance during the operation, build quality and appropriateness of use in medical institution.
Expected medical equipment requirements depend on the rank of the medical institution for which it is intended (first-aid post, a district clinic, town or regional hospital, diagnostic center, a large medical center).
Medical organizations lower rank because of its specificity to provide medical services (primary screening, home care) are equipped with medical equipment of a lower rank, and therefore cheaper than the high-level medical facilities. In the Ministry of Health on the basis of standardization of methods of health care developed sheet of equipment health facilities.
The quality of medical devices depends on the reliability and safety of its operation. Thus, at the request of the majority of manufacturers of medical equipment was established the International Electrotechnical Commission, abbreviated as IEC (IEC), in charge of the standardization of production of medical equipment and monitoring of safety requirements.
Maintenance of medical equipment produced in accordance with the technical documentation by the engineering staff of medical institutions, specialist supplier company or manufacturer.
Maintenance activity shall include the following:
- control of technical condition
- maintenance during operation
- repair of defective equipment
Control the technical condition before using medical devices should be a special technical service health care facility or its employees who use the equipment. Closer periodic review of those state should be carried out by trained professionals according to the normative and technical documentation related medical equipment. Also, these professionals should make unscheduled and control technology, after a long break in its use or repair work.
Input control implements supplier honey. equipment, if it is authorized to do so by producing. All other types of controls are made in specially equipped premises or metrology laboratories by qualified personnel.
When maintenance of medical equipment in the operation should be performed the following work: cleaning equipment from dust and dirt, check and delay of fasteners, electrical connections, sterilization, disinfection and washing of components and assemblies, replacement of consumables.
Refurbished or refurbished medical equipment needs continuous diagnosis, testing and tuning.