This 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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Tobey Clark, CCE It has been 5 years since The Joint Commission Clinical Alarm National Patient Safety Goal was removed as a hospital requirement. Are clinical alarms less of an adverse event issue now than they were in 2005, or are events increasing? Are the problems similar or of a different nature? Have new facility […]
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Representatives from three federal health care service providers discuss the unique challenges they face in managing existing and new medical technologies
Read MoreIn the course of doing some research on the currently in-development standard IEC 80001-1:201
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The aims of reliability-centered or evidence-based maintenance programs are to maximize resources, quality, and safety. Debate over the terminology of preventive maintenance (PM) clouds the real debate issue of using evidence to create a safe and efficacious maintenance program. Shakespeare asked, via Juliet, “What’s in a name?” suggesting not very much with the following lines: […]
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