Medical equipment management. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keith Willson, Imperial College London, UK, Keith Ison, Kings College Hospital, London, UK, and Slavik Tabakov, Kings College London, Strand, UK.
• Authors: Willson, Keith; Ison, Keith; Tabakov, Slavik
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Medical equipment and its life cycle -- 3. Medical device risk, regulation and governance : an overview -- 4. Approaches to equipment management : structures and systems -- 5. Purchase and replacement : allocating priorities and managing resources -- 6. Procurement, specification and evaluation -- 7. Equipment training for clinical and technical users -- 8. Assessing maintenance and support needs -- 9. Maintenance contract management -- 10. Adverse incidents, investigations, control and monitoring -- 11. Supporting research and development -- 12. Disposal -- 13. Sources of information for equipment management professionals -- 14. Improving performance : quality, indicators, benchmarking and audit.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610.284 W742; Medical supplies; Hospitals -- Materials management; Medical technology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Hospitals -- Materials management; Medical supplies; Medical technology; Equipment and Supplies; Maintenance; Materials Management, Hospital; Technology Assessment, Biomedical; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420099591; 1420099590
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.