Most hospital staffers understand that the M in MRI stands for “magnetic,” and they know that magnets attract metal. They have also heard about the disasters involving magnetic resonance imaging equipment, such as patients being struck, pinned, or lacerated by a ferromagnetic object pulled into the equipment’s powerful magnet. Those objects have included oxygen bottles, […]
Read MoreJan 31, 2007 | Anesthesia, MRI, PACS | 0 |
Modern technology takes patient monitoring to a new level, creating an enterprise-wide safety net.
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By embracing a unique opportunity with a hands-on approach, the biomeds at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, Calif, made their wish list come true.
Read MoreJan 31, 2007 | AAMI, International Electrotechnical Commission, NFPA, PACS | 0 |
If you are going to take the International Certification Commission (ICC) test on November 4, 2006, you have already spent many hours reading and doing practice tests just to fine-tune your knowledge. While no one person will ever know everything that there is to know about medical instrumentation, if you pass, your work and study will […]
Read MoreJan 31, 2007 | Certification | 0 |
In 2005, the 30th anniversary of certification in clinical engineering (CCE) was celebrated. To promote certification and guide those who plan to take the CCE exam, 24×7 will sometimes offer—in place of ICC Prep—a column on CCE called “CCE Prep,” such as this month. In the coming issues, this column will discuss different topic areas of […]
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