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Ampronix

Ampronix, Irvine, Calif, has long been witness to, and often the frequent innovator of, the accelerating evolution in the medical imaging industry. CEO Nelson Fathollahi founded the company 27 years ago to provide service on CRT monitors for hospitals and OEMs. Later, the company transitioned to servicing a genuine laundry list of imaging wares, including […]

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Electrical, Pathogens, and Fire Safety

Everyone who works in the world of medical equipment maintenance should know that safety is one of the primary missions of their job. The biggest area of concern is electrical safety, but safety also encompasses the realms of fire and biological safety, to name a few. Several organizations have set safety standards that must be […]

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How Would Curt Schilling Pitch This?

Here in Boston this May, we had an incident where a Green Line subway train operator was involved in a serious collision resulting in many serious injuries. He admitted to authorities that he had been texting at the time of the accident and missed seeing a signal light. In a similar, more deadly accident last […]

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TJC: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Binseng Wang, ScD, CCE, FAIMBE, FACCE By now, many 24×7 readers are aware that The Joint Commission (TJC) has drastically reorganized its accreditation standards for 2009. The good news is that only a few substantive changes have been made in the standards, so extensive revisions of existing Medical Equipment Management (MEM) plans are not (yet) […]

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