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Materiel management
Infection control
Biomedical / clinical engineering
Facilities and maintencance
Biomedical technician
Infection control committee member
Central service technician
Central service director
Occupational safety and health administration
The joint commission
Association for the advancement of medical instrumentation
National institute for occupational safety and health
Sterile
Clean
Contaminated
Visibly soiled
Respiratory
Intermittent suction device
Sequential compression device
Defibrillator
Discarded at the point of use
Be reprocessed for re-use
Discarded during preventive maintenace
Removed in the biological engineering department
Only by trained biomedical engineering technicians
Only during preventive maintenance activities
Only when there are complaints from user department personnel
Whenever the equipment is inspected in central service
Discarded immediately
Sent to the manufacturer for repair
Sequestered for inspection by occupational safety and health administration personnel
Returned immediately to the biomedical department
Ready to dispense
Ready to clean
Ready to inspect
Ready to sterilize
In the biomedical engineering department
In patient units
In the central service department
In sterile storage areas of the materiel management department
Occupational safety and health administration patient safety act
Safe medical device act
Environmental protection agency patient security act
U.S. food and drug administration equipment notification act
Patient care equipment tracking requires a computer
Patient care equipment should only be tracked if it has a value in excess of an amount specified by the facility
Tracking patient care equipment can prevent equipment shortages
Patient care equipment must only be tracked if its usage will be charged to patients
Leasing involves purchase; rental does not require ownership
Equipment rental is usually done on a shorter-term basic than equipment leasing
Equipment leasing involves the most expensive equipment; equipment rental involves less expensive equipment
Equipment leasing is an operating expense; equipment rental does not have cost implication
Performed when a piece of equipment injuries a patient
Designed to identify potential problems before they occur
Performed when a user unit notices a problem
Done by central service before equipment is dispensed
Where the instruments will be used
The infection prevention department
Several factors including physician preference, storage and cost
Amount of items to be used and delivery schedule