Calyx Metrology Laboratory President John A. Walls III posted a suggestion regarding quality on the Biomedtalk listserv, saying: “I suggest departmental accreditation is really the quality benchmark that the world’s professional biomedical community should begin to consider and eventually work toward. From my perspective, ISO 17025 would fit hand-in-glove.” The testing, repair, and calibration of […]
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Putting an enterprisewide wireless technologies network in place, and then connecting to it every imaginable medical device, is an ambition of many hospital administrators these days. To them, Wi-Fi represents an economical, effective solution to support clinical equipment users in the hospital and at off-campus facilities on the other side of the city, region, or […]
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Smart biomed departments find solid solutions to cope with the unique challenges presented by technological advances
Read MoreCovidien, Boulder Colo, announces the global launch of the RapidVac smoke evacuator system, a device that quietly filters airborne contaminants from operating rooms.
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Physicians treat the afflictions of people; biomeds treat those of medical equipment. Both roles are key to maintaining a safe, effective, and economically efficient health care organization. Occasionally, however, biomeds do not feel the love that physicians do. “Sometimes, we don’t receive the respect that is needed in our profession,” one respondent writes in response […]
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