The Importance of Proper Medical Mattress Maintenance
On April 19, 2013 the FDA released a Safety Communication titled “Damaged and Worn Medical Bed Mattresses Pose Risk of Contamination and Patient Infection“. In this communication, the FDA states that during a two year period beginning in January 2011 the FDA had received 458 reports of mattresses failing to prevent blood and other bodily […]
Implementing a Battery Replacement Strategy
Battery Powered devices are increasing in number in facilities and practices across the country each and every day. When these batteries start to fail, the device can begin to return erroneous results. This is true for Thermometers, Scales, Pulse Oximeters, etc. Often times, the device will begin to return the erroneous results well before the […]
Ultrasound Service & Maintenance
Healthcare Engineering Service Solutions, Inc. is proud to announce that we now offer full service and maintenance coverage on all Ultrasound Modalities from all manufacturers including: Acuson Apogee ATL Biosound Diasonics GE – General Electric HDI Hitachi HP – Hewlett Packard Medison Mindray Philips Siemens SIUI Sonoscape Sonosite Toshiba Zonare and more. We are also […]
What is a Biomed Inspection and Why Do I Need One?
If you work in a healthcare facility of any kind – hospital, community health center / FQHC, skilled nursing facility, or medical/surgical center – you need to get a biomed inspection. So, what does a biomed inspection entail? All of your healthcare technology that is essential for diagnosis and treatment of patients will be checked […]
Electrical Safety Explained
There are approximately 10,000 device-related patient injuries per year in US. These injuries include electrical shock caused by electricity flowing through body, which can possibly, in the worst cases, cause muscle spasms, burns, cardiac and respiratory arrest, or ventricular fibrillation. So who’s responsible for electrical safety equipment? It’s not in the hands of just one […]
Hurricane Season Has Begun: Ensure the Safety of Your Medical Device Through Extreme Weather
Healthcare Facilities depend on medical devices to treat their patients and keep them alive, and when the functioning of the device is compromised, they must know what to do. Hurricane season begins on June 1st and the chance of medical device damage or misuse increases in these adverse conditions. The FDA issued a safety guide […]
Reducing Liability through Patient Safety
A patient gets injured during a procedure at a medical facility. It turns out that the medical equipment had not been inspected to ensure that it’s up to standards. The facility is now facing a lawsuit claiming that they are liable for the injury. This is a situation that you never want to face and […]
Getting Ready for Survey and Inspection
Being prepared for an external inspection is essential for a smoothly operating healthcare facility. Typically, the Joint Commission and State DOH do not give advanced notice before inspections. It’s best to be ready at all times for the possibility of an inspection, rather than scrambling at the last minute to double check your equipment and […]
Help Ensure Patient Safety – 5 Items to Be On the Lookout For
What can you do to contribute to patient safety? You may not be a biomedical engineer but there are still some simple precautions that you can take when it comes to medical equipment safety. All medical staff can positively contribute to the safety of the facility by looking out for these five things: Damaged Plug […]
Welch Allyn VSM Repair
Over a decade of providing Biomedical Engineering Services to Healthcare Providers establishes Healthcare Engineering as a leader in the Biomed/Clinical Engineering arena. In that time we have inspected and serviced thousands of different medical devices from hundreds of different medical device manufacturers. Through it all one of the most reliable and accurate devices have been […]