| Theme |
Current Status in Clinical Engineering Technologists |
| Title |
Necessity of lifelong education and safe procedures for hospitals |
| Author |
Masahiro Ozaki |
Department of Clinical Engineering, Shigei Medical Research Hospital |
| Author |
Katsuhiko Arimoto |
Department of Nephrology, Shigei Medical Research Hospital |
| [ Summary ] |
The qualification of clinical engineering technologists is done through a system for specialists having knowledge of both medicine and engineering. Therefore, while keeping it in mind that knowledge of medical equipment may be mastered on a daily basis, it is their duty to teach others their occupational medical duties so that they may assist in the understanding of the causes of serious accidents when handling the equipment improperly. Thus, medical equipment should be dealt with safely. Therefore, it is important to give these employees the opportunity to handle medical equipment as often as possible.
It is also necessary to use many practical skills for studying technical procedures as well as to have lifelong education at technologists' meetings in each prefecture. |