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Technological developments in dialyzers and dialysis equipment have become more complex and varied in recent years. For safe and effective operation, daily maintenance checks are essential for each piece of equipment. In our hospital, these maintenance checks together with any repairs are the work of trained clinical engineers.
When the cause of the trouble is clear and simple, and the time estimated for the repair is less than 15 minutes, we repair the equipment of site in the dialysis room. However, when the cause of the trouble is not clear or the time estimated for the repair is longer than 15 minutes, the equipment is removed and then repaired in a machine maintenance room. Each and every problem is meticulously recorded on a maintenance record sheet attached to each piece of equipment.This procedure facilitates understanding the character of any specific equipment problem through examining the recorded past history of that piece of equipment. The details from the equipment maintenance record sheets are copied onto computer files. This allows centralized administration of all dialysis equipment in the hospital. This procedure has minimized the time needed for repairs of dialysis equipment, and has achieved cost and clinical efficiency. |