Forging the Way at Fairview
With a presence in the OR and rotating responsibilities, this team keeps service levels high and costs low
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Ultraportable Test Equipment Is Critical for Traveling Biomeds
With the migration of more medical gas flow/pressure devices into clinics, physicians’ offices, and home care, the portability of test equipment needed to ensure that these devices continue to function as specified by the manufacturer is more important than ever. Traveling biomeds and field service engineers need to cover a lot of territory, and transporting […]
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Remote Control
One of the challenges of the increasing proliferation of IT-based medical equipment is that device repairs are much more challenging than in the past. Previously, a clinical engineer (CE) or biomedical equipment technician (BMET) could phys
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Troubleshooting: The Thought Process
Troubleshooting medical devices and systems is at the very core of what our jobs are in hospitals and field service. Most of us have developed a system over the course of our careers for troubleshooting that combines various techniques that we constantly need to upgrade. This becomes a problem during certification testing, because your troubleshooting […]
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A Clean Bill of Health for Endoscopes
Endoscopes are contradictions. Designed to simplify surgical procedures, the instruments themselves are complex. They look sturdy—blame the stainless steel body—but they are actually as delicate as the thin glass rods found inside. This means breakage is just as likely to occur—perhaps even more so—when they are not being used for a procedure. “One of the […]
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