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Compressed Gas Systems

Many years ago, a physician said to me that when a biomed gets a trouble call on a device or system, he/she becomes the world’s expert on that device or system in the eyes of the person making the call—even if the biomed has never seen the problem before. That is still a true statement, […]

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EMI/RFI Management

EMI/RFI Management is one of the areas of the CCE examination under the topic of “Technology Management.” For a complete list of CCE Examination topics, see the new 2008 Candidate Handbook for Certification in Clinical Engineering, availa

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Mechanical Ventilation

Depending on the dictionary used, ventilation has numerous definitions, with the second or third definition as “the process of the exchange of air between the lungs and ambient air.” This is the definition that we will use in this article. We will also confine this article to the mechanical ventilation of a patient and how […]

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Incident/Untoward Event Investigation

Incident/Untoward Event Investigation is one of the areas of the CCE examination under the topic of “Risk Management & Safety.” For a complete list of CCE Examination topics, see the new 2008 Candidate Handbook for CE certification availa

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