Medical equipment classification according to corrective maintenance data: a strategy based on the equipment age

dc.creatorOshiyama, Natália Ferreira
dc.creatorSilveira, Ana Carolina
dc.creatorBassani, Rosana Almada
dc.creatorBassani, José Wilson Magalhães
dc.date2014-03-01
dc.date2014-12-23T13:15:14Z
dc.date2015-11-26T11:50:04Z
dc.date2014-12-23T13:15:14Z
dc.date2015-11-26T11:50:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T20:53:26Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T20:53:26Z
dc.identifierRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica. SBEB - Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica, v. 30, n. 1, p. 64-69, 2014.
dc.identifier1517-3151
dc.identifierS1517-31512014000100009
dc.identifier10.4322/rbeb.2013.045
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4322/rbeb.2013.045
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-31512014000100009
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/84086
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/84086
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/84086
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1236960
dc.descriptionINTRODUCTION: Decision-making on medical equipment management is a daily task for clinical engineers, but it may prove difficult to easily extract relevant information from the large amount of data from computerized maintenance management systems. This article describes a simple method of medical equipment classification based on corrective maintenance indicators. METHODS: Three indicators were calculated based on the number of events, duration and cost of corrective maintenance. Three classes were defined according to the indicator values of different equipment ages: class A for 0-4 years, class B for 5-9 years, and class C for equipment older than 10 years. The method was applied to 2,134 pieces of equipment from the Health Service system of the University of Campinas. RESULTS: From the total, 51.7% of the equipment were classified as C, 4.2% as B and 44.1% as A. The infusion pump for general use was the type of equipment of which most units were in the C class (84.7%), even though almost 50% of them were acquired within less than 9 years, and would thus be expected to be classified as A and B. Among the pumps in class C, 39.5% were from a single manufacturer, although the equipments were acquired recently. CONCLUSION: The developed classification may be an important tool for raising alerts about equipment more prone to maintenance problems, as well as for identification of equipments with acceptable maintenance history, supporting decision-making on equipment replacement.
dc.description64
dc.description69
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSBEB - Sociedade Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica
dc.relationRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Biomédica
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectClinical engineering
dc.subjectDatabase
dc.subjectIndicators
dc.subjectMedical equipment classification
dc.subjectDecision-making
dc.titleMedical equipment classification according to corrective maintenance data: a strategy based on the equipment age
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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