Tsukuba Medical Center, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital Clinical Engineering Engineer Hideaki Kamijo
One of the duties of clinical engineers is the maintenance and inspection of portable medical equipment operating in hospitals.
Originally, it is desirable that the medical device be operated within the service life described in the package insert or the instruction manual, but it may be operated for a long time while repeating repairs.This time, the analysis target equipment is 36 "small Infusion Pump".In our hospital, it is mainly used for the purpose of continuously administering narcotics for pain relief.Patients often use it by themselves, and management is not completely completed by the health care professional.An “error” often occurs due to falling or strong impact.It has a mechanism that keeps an operation history, and `` repair / inspection accompanying abnormalities ''
A history survey is conducted for each request.It took a long time to investigate, and it was a work burden.Moreover, it was empirically known that the repair cost was high and the frequency was high.We think that it is a problem that should be considered together with the time of the next renewal, not the end when it is bought.The problem is a balance between risk and expense.To obtain a budget, you must provide a reasonable basis.This time, based on the repair history, the estimated annual repair cost was predicted.Report on the repair cost prediction and its utilization in field data.
