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A Novel Approach for Healthcare Equipments Lifespan Assessment

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

Keywords: efficiency; healthcare; lifespan; medical equipments; performance.

Abstract:
Medical equipments 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 equipments have a definite lifespan that expires after a period of time. Theoretically, studies specified ten years as the lifespan of medical equipments. In fact, the status of the medical equipments defines its age. This status should be addressed according to a list of criteria that evaluate the efficiency and the performance of these equipments. The purpose of this study is to develop a well-designed plan for evaluating medical equipments. According to this evaluation, the equipments that should be replaced can be ranked in the descending order of urgency, taking into account many criteria and sub-criteria.

Pages: 1 to 15

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2016. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2016

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ISSN: 1942-2660