as biomedical engineering department handles all the vital machineries in hospital before starting the procedures, other than this what are the other responsibilities handled by them
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Purchase of equipment’s (which includes inviting quotations/tenders for purchasing new equipment’s/machines & preparing comparison chart for the same).
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Writing specifications for all the new equipment’s & machinery.
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Evaluating the equipment &machinery on the basis of its initial cost as well as its operating cost: since many times, the high maintenance & operating cost of the equipment turns out to be much higher than the initial cost.
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Inspection of incoming equipment & machinery and doing pre-acceptance checks before official acceptance & payment.
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Maintaining records; for e.g. equipment history.
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Setting standards & ensuring their compliance.
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Maintaining the equipment to the best of its performance by organizing a planned maintenance program for all equipment’s and attending to emergency breakdowns and repairs.
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Arranging for training programs for personnel in clinical engineering department as well as the end users.
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Advising & providing expertise to the medical staff & administration.
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Maintaining equipment inventory for all existing & incoming equipment’s.
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Active involvement in the activities of the hospital’s safety committee & checking safety hazards.
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Monitoring contract services viz. A.M.C. and C.M.C.
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Keeping record of the Spares/consumable items.
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- Designing, testing and implementing new medical procedures, such as computer-aided surgery and tissue engineering
- Designing, developing, testing and modifying products, equipment and devices
- Liaising with medical, engineering and scientific staff
- Training staff to use equipment safely
maintaining equipment - Writing reports and documentation
undertaking relevant research.
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