Equipment Management Plan

Selecting and acquiring medical equipment Evaluating and identifying equipment to be included in the plan Determining scheduled maintenance intervals and procedures Repairing and maintaining patient care equipment 

Performance standards for equipment inspection, scheduled maintenance, and testing Scheduling inspections, maintenance, and tests on equipment included in the plan Development of a policy to provide after-hours service 

Coordinating and documenting services of manufacturers and third-party providers 

Acting on hazard alerts and recalls of medical equipment 

Reporting and investigating problems associated with failures and user errors 

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The hospital uses the following risk criteria, at a minimum, for identifying, evaluating, and creating an inventory of equipment to be included in the medical equipment management plan before equipment is used equipment function, physical risks, equipment history, maintenance requirements, and environment of use. Clinical engineering uses the AIMS database to inventory and assist in equipment evaluation and risk stratification. 

Clinical engineering should use AIMS database to maintain a current, accurate, and separate inventory of all equipment identified in the medical equipment management plan, regardless of ownership. During scheduled inspections, verify the accuracy of the inventory. 

List at least nine issues or elements that should be addressed in a medical equipment management plan. 

This should provide direction as to how operations staff, emergency responders, and the public should respond to a potential toxic release (e.g., chemical plumes released), including facility evacuation, personnel accountability, proper personal protective equipment (PPE) as dictated by the Risk Management Program and Process Safety Management Plan, and whether the nearby public should be in-place sheltered or evacuated. 

In risk management plan, we will discuss how safety personnel organize a plan to design and modify the process to avoid any incident. The use of protective equipment and its procurement will also he discussed. The need for planning for emergencies is an important task in risk management plan. 

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The plan is to use the database information to develop an Obsolescent Equipment Management Lifecycle program (OEM-LP), which is an approach that was originally started at TOCDF. Aspects of this OEM-LP system were shown to the committee during a site visit to TOCDF in March 2006, and this work in progress seems to be progressing in a suitable manner. 

The operations manager plans to manufacture a new grade of chemical using existing equipment. 

The implementation of a new demand management system helped a large U.S. direct store delivery company improve forecasting accuracy by 4 percent and increased service levels by 6 percent. Despite growing volumes, the company was able to hold inventory costs flat. The company also found that based on the new forecast, the sales department was better equipped to plan profitable sales promotions. The project s savings exceeded expectations. 

The acquisition of equipment is the next major part of effective equipment management. It follows and is indeed part of the equipment planning phase. Flowing from definition of requirements, specifications are developed. Bas on those specifications, a subset of possible equipment is evaluated for conformance to the specifications or standards, and purchase of the most appropriate equipment is initiated. When the equipment arrives at the hospital, the acceptance or incoming inspection of the equipment is a very common function that clinical engineering fulfils. 

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