Electrical Safety
This is maximum resistance of a medical grade power cord ground conductor when testing for electrical safety
What is .50 Ohms?
We should create this type of work order on all service calls, every time we are asked to troubleshoot an issue, even when no problem is identified.
What is a repair work order, day call or night call work order?
The acronym MEMP stands for this.
What is Medical Equipment Management Plan?
The Acronym RACE stand for this
What is Rescue, Alarm, Close, Evacuate?
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What is Chase?
This is the maximum leakage current allowed when conducting electrical safety on medical devices.
What is 300 microamps?
This is the HTM goal for the max number of open non-PM work orders >30 days old per technician?
What is 5 work orders?
This procedure is followed for every Preventative Maintenance.
What is Manufacturer's Recommendations (unless updated with an internal AEM)?
How often the Joint Commission comes to survey a hospital accreditation
What is every 3 years?
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What is Bea's restaurant?
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This accessory device needs prior approval from Engineering or HTM, and can only be used when permanently affixed to a medical device.
What are Relocatable Power Taps (RPTs), power strips or extension cords?
Hospital standard for medical grade is a Leviton 4-outlet 7 foot RPT. Other options are available by exception (6 outlet/15 foot cord).
On this day all PM documentation should be buttoned up, as compliance is pulled first thing the following morning.
What is the last day of the month?
Research devices that do not require a scheduled PM per the manufacturer are placed on this schedule in the database
What is annual?
Medical Devices falls into this category within the Joint Commission standards
What is Environment of Care?
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What is Norwell?
Each Relocatable Power Tap (RPT, a.k.a. Power Strip) has a maximum rated amperage. For devices connected to the RPT, this is the total percent allowed.
What is 75%?
PM work orders are generated on the 1st of the month. These are the 2 situations when we manually open a PM work order and complete a PM on a device?
What are when you do a PM early; or after a major repair?
This classification is defined by the estimated probability and severity of a medical device failure
What is Risk Score/Classification?
The Joint Commission requires this percent for the completion rate for activities and associated frequencies for maintaining, inspecting, and testing medical equipment.
What is 100%?
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Who is Sheldon?
This is the name of the industry recommended standard that we follow for electrical safety testing requirements
What is NFPA-99 2012?
Devices that are unable to locate for PM, after searching and not able to find a device month after month, we able to stop actively searching after this time period?
What is one year of active looking, before the device becomes missing.
But also, always keep an eye out for overdue stickers/devices
These 4 types medical equipment cannot be included in the AEM program and must be maintained per manufacturer's recommendations.
What are:
Lasers; Imaging and Radiological Equipment;
New Medical Equipment with insufficient historical service data;
Equipment required by state or federal law
This program allows hospitals to evaluate the associated risks of a given medical device, and subsequently change a devices' maintenance requirements.
What is AEM (Alternative Equipment Maintenance)?
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Who is Mike Craine?