Philips announced that it will voluntarily recall approximately 5,400 HeartStart FR2+ automated external defibrillators (AEDs), due to the possibility of a memory chip failure that may render the device inoperable.
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Nick Martin By all accounts, Nick Martin is a typical biomed. He works as an on-site biomedical engineering service engineer at a 200-bed private hospital, working with GE, Spacelabs Healthcare, and Philips equipment, and ever increasing his synergy with IT. The only difference is that Martin lives half a world away in Queensland, Australia. Like […]
Read MoreThe Joint Commission’s home care accreditation program accredits more than 4,000 organizations, including hospitals. The home care organizations provide home health services, personal care and support services, home infusion (intravenous or IV therapy) and other pharmacy services, durable medical equipment services, and hospice services. The majority of the medical equipment management requirements for home care […]
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If a biomed thinks the downtime for a particular type of equipment in the hospital seems excessive, how can he/she find out if it actually is excessive? If it does turn out to be excessive, how can the department improve this metric? And how will it know that the measures put into place have actually […]
Read MoreHospira is initiating a nationwide recall of certain devices with defective AC power cords by Electri-Cord Manufacturing Corp in response to reports of sparking, charring, and fires on the plug of the power cord.
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