Biomedical equipment technicians

Supervision of a hospital clinical engineering department that includes clinical engineers and biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs)... 

Two of the seven tools of quality discussed above are not illustrated. These are the scatter diagram and the check sheet. The scatter diagram is a graphic technique to analyze the relationship between two variations and the check sheet is a simple data-recording device. The check sheet is custom designed by the user, which facilitates interpretation of the results. Most Biomedical Equipment Technicians use the check sheet on a daily basis when performing preventive maintenance, calibration, or electrical safety checks. 

Certification Program. Our society presently initiated three certification programs, including clinical engineer, biomedical engineer, and medical equipment technician in 2004. The certification programs aims to consolidate better services, quality, safety issues, and developments of medical devices of healthcare in hospitals and industrials. 

The evaluation of new video endoscopic equipment is also difficult because of the lack of objective standards for performance. Purchasers of equipment are forced to make an essentially subjective decision about image quality. By employing virtual instrumentation, a collaborative team of biomedical engineers, software engineers, physicians, nurses, and technicians at Hartford Hospital (Hartford, CT) and Premise Development Corporation (Avon, CT) have developed an instrument, the EndoTester , with integrated software to quantify the optical properties of both rigid and flexible fiberoptic endoscopes. This easy-to-use optical evaluation system allows objective measurement of endoscopic performance prior to equipment purchase and in routine clinical use as part of a program of prospective maintenance. 

Anesthesia technicians are biomedical personnel who assist anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and anesthesiologist assistants in the operating room with monitoring equipment, supplies, and patient care procedures. 

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