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Medical equipment management / Keith Willson, Imperial College London, UK, Keith Ison, Kings College Hospital, London, UK, and Slavik Tabakov, Kings College London, Strand, UK.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willson, Keith, author.
- Ison, Keith, author.
- Tabakov, Slavik, author.
- Series:
- Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
- Series in medical physics and biomedical engineering
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biomedical materials.
- Medical instruments and apparatus.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Know What to Expect When Managing Medical Equipment and Healthcare Technology in Your OrganizationAs medical technology in clinical care becomes more complex, clinical professionals and support staff must know how to keep patients safe and equipment working in the clinical environment. Accessible to all healthcare professionals and managers, Medical Equipment Management presents an integrated approach to managing medical equipment in healthcare organizations. The book explains the underlying principles and requirements and raises awareness of what nee
- Contents:
- Medical equipment and its life cycle
- Medical device risk, regulation and governance : an overview
- Approaches to equipment management : structures and systems
- Purchase and replacement : allocating priorities and managing resources
- Evaluating devices and technologies for replacement and equipping
- Equipment training for clinical and technical users
- Assessing maintenance and support needs
- Maintenance contract management
- Adverse incidents, investigations, control and monitoring
- Supporting research and development
- Disposal
- Sources of information for equipment management professionals
- Improving performance: quality, indicators, benchmarking and audit.
- Notes:
- "A Taylor & Francis book."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781040204351
- 104020435X
- 9780429130373
- 0429130376
- 9781420099584
- 1420099582
- OCLC:
- 863822009
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