Date
of Last Review 11/12/08
SME: Director of Facilities & Support Services
This topic provides information about the Equipment Management Plan.
The Equipment Management plan has the following functions:
 | Monitor patient care equipment to ensure that the equipment operates appropriately |
| Assess and control the clinical and physical risks of fixed and portable: |
 | Equipment used for diagnosing, treating, monitoring, and caring for patients |
| Other fixed and portable electrically powered equipment |
The Equipment Management Plan includes:
Characteristic |
Description | ||||||||
Written criteria |
Identifying equipment to include in the plan
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Written procedures for:
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Designed to manage the clinical and physical risk for each piece or type of equipment |
The Biomedical Coordinator has the following equipment management responsibilities:
Responsibility |
Description |
Gather and maintain |
The written materials described in the Plan characteristics table |
Evaluate |
Equipment for inclusion in the plan |
Inventory |
All equipment included in the plan regardless of the equipment's ownership Note: The inventory should be current, separate, and accurate |
Test |
Each piece of equipment |
Identify and document |
Equipment failures and user errors that have or may have an adverse effect on patient safety and/or the quality of care |
Identify |
Problems, actions taken to resolve them, and evaluation of resolution effectiveness |
Continue monitoring |
A problem once action has proven effective |
The Safety Committee and other appropriate staff to identify equipment performance and/or use problems by reviewing the following:
| Equipment failures: Equipment failing to perform must be removed from the unit immediately and report it to the Medical equipment manager. Back up equipment is located in room 1-A87, (after hour access by the nursing supervisor on duty). AED backup batteries are located in the Medical equipment manager’s office 1-A60A. Recalls: If any medical equipment is recalled, the equipment must be removed from service immediately. |
| User errors |
| Relevant published reports of equipment hazards |
The Joint Commission: Environment of Care
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