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An Objective Program for the Evaluation of Medical Equipment for Updates and Maintenance

Authors:
Hassan Khachfe
Mona Aridi
Bassam Hussein
Mohamad Hajj-Hassan

Keywords: efficiency; healthcare; lifespan; medical equipment; performance

Abstract:
Medical equipment contribute to the quality of healthcare services on several levels. They play a key role in the diagnosis, the treatment, and the rehabilitation of the medical impairment and diseases. However, as any operating machine, medical equipment would have a definite lifespan that expires after a period of time. Theoretically, Taylor K. specified ten years as the lifespan of medical equipment. In fact, the status of the medical equipment defines its age. This status should be addressed according to a list of criteria that evaluate the efficiency and the performance of these equipment. The purpose of this study is to develop a well-designed plan for evaluating medical equipment. According to this evaluation, we can rank the equipment that should be replaced in the descending order of urgency taking into account many criteria and sub-criteria.

Pages: 42 to 49

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: August 24, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4553

ISBN: 978-1-61208-359-9

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from August 24, 2014 to August 28, 2014