Key Challenges to Maintenance Activities in Clinical Engineering
Key Challenges to Maintenance Activities in Clinical Engineering出 版 物：《中国医疗设备》 (China Medical Devices)
年 卷 期：2016年第31卷第11期
页 面：1-8页
学科分类：12[管理学] 1204[管理学-公共管理] 120402[管理学-社会医学与卫生事业管理(可授管理学、医学学位)] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 10[医学]
主 题：clinical engineering clinical engineering practitioners clinical engineering certification clinical engineering competency biomedical equipment healthcare technology management medical devices
摘 要：Objective Maintenance of biomedical equipment has undergone tremendous improvements over the last several decades since the publication of Ralph Nader’s fateful article in *** uproar caused by Nader’s article had called for stringent electrical safety *** engineering fraternities worldwide hurried to provide solutions and addressed the *** the process,we saw improvements in many areas of clinical ***,despite these improvements,clinical engineering is still grappling with challenges in its maintenance activities that seem to *** paper seeks to identify these challenges which have caused difficulties,and to some extent,impede the performance of effective *** paper also seeks to propose solutions and recommendations for *** Over the course of his work,the author has noticed areas that have posed major challenges in clinical *** such challenge is in the area of clinical engineering ***-standardization in maintenance activities is another area where some tough decisions may be needed. Other challenges will be identified, explained and where possible,solutions will be *** In this paper, the author identifies ten major challenges that have affected the provision of clinical engineering *** of these challenges,if properly addressed may significantly improve healthcare delivery and/or provide clinical engineering with clear guidelines on the breadth and limits of the *** have severely affected maintenance performances while several have been left unattended and ***,the ten challenges are common and normally experienced at clinical engineering department across the *** By pointing out these key challenges,clinical engineering practitioners would be able to identify shortfalls and trends in clinical engineering maintenance and systematically focus their attention towards assisting in problem solving. With the challeng
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