MEDRAD MVS MEDRAD, Warrendale, Pa, offers TotalRepair, a guaranteed ultrasound probe repair solution for more than 75 of the most popular ultrasound probes. Patent-pending technologies give MEDRAD MVS the capability to offer TotalRepair, helping reduce service costs and mitigate financial exposure with a capped “worst case scenario” price provided up front. MEDRAD will repair a […]
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As long as the road leads to measurable excellence, surveyors at DNV Healthcare let biomeds fashion their own programs and procedures on the road to accreditation
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Derrick W. VanKampen With the increase in alarms emanating from biomedical devices in the clinical environment, and the surge in biomedical device networks and connecting systems, alarm integration rises from the nursing floor and demands our utmost attention. Nurses often complain of “alarm overload,” and, worse, nurse managers fear their staff will be infected with […]
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It can’t be seen and can’t be heard. It has no mass, but it can be stored. And without it, everything in the hospital will come to a screeching halt. Electricity is the food that mission-critical capital equipment feeds on, and the systems that deliver it are the vital link keeping the lifeblood flowing. As […]
Read MoreThis article will review how to attain continuous compliance with two other Joint Commission medical equipment standards: EC.04.01.01 EP 10, the medical equipment program reporting to the environment of care (EC)/safety committee; and EC.04.01.01 EP 15, evaluation of the medical equipment management plan. EC.04.01.01 EP 10 This elements of performance (EP) requires the hospital to […]
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