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A Modern Approach for Maintenance Prioritization of Medical Equipment

In: Operations Management - Emerging Trend in the Digital Era

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  • Calin Corciova
  • Doru Andritoi
  • Catalina Luca

Abstract

Maintenance is a crucial topic in the life cycle management of medical equipment. Evidence-based maintenance consists of continuous monitoring of equipment performance, starting from evidence--the current state from the point of view of fault history--and improving its efficiency through the necessary modifications. This process is very important for optimizing the use and allocation of the resources available by the clinical engineering departments. Maintenance of medical equipment consists of two basic activities: scheduled maintenance and corrective maintenance. The purpose of this chapter is to present document-based methods to evaluate every aspect of the medical equipment maintenance process and to provide a correct, objective and standardized approach that supports clinical engineering activities. Following the analysis, the results show that the combination of the use of the two methods provides an overview, in a periodic manner, of maintenance performance that indicates the use of the most appropriate procedures.

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  • Calin Corciova & Doru Andritoi & Catalina Luca, 2021. "A Modern Approach for Maintenance Prioritization of Medical Equipment," Chapters, in: Antonella Petrillo & Fabio De Felice & Germano Lambert-Torres & Erik Leandro Bonaldi (ed.), Operations Management - Emerging Trend in the Digital Era, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:210739
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.92706
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    Keywords

    medical equipment; maintenance strategies; life cycle; health technology management; prioritization;
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    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management

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