A Tool to Analyze Medical Device Problems

In Brief Most, if not all, hospital clinical/biomedical engineering departments currently use Computerized Maintenance Management Software for maintenance of their equipment inventory, scheduling of preventive maintenance, and documentation of corrective and preventive maintenance activities. In addition, this software is often used for maintenance of replacement parts inventories and generation of management reports for budgetary and other purposes. The clinical engineer currently uses the maintenance history stored in the Computerized Maintenance Management Software to identify trends of equipment breakdown patterns and justify replacement of outdated or problematic equipment. Most, if not all, hospital clinical/biomedical engineering departments currently use Computerized Maintenance Management Software for maintenance of their equipment inventory, scheduling of preventive maintenance, and documentation of corrective and preventive maintenance activities. In addition, this software is often used for maintenance of replacement parts inventories and generation of management reports for budgetary and other purposes. The clinical engineer currently uses the maintenance history stored in the Computerized Maintenance Management Software to identify trends of equipment breakdown patterns and justify replacement of outdated or problematic equipment.