Biomedical Unit
Overview
Biomedical Engineering (BME) Unit strives to serve all clinical departments of the hospital that uses biomedical equipment. Clinical departments include all staff of medical and allied health services, namely: Doctors, Nurses, Medical Lab. Scientist, Technicians, Physiotherapists, Respiratory therapists, Pharmacists and Other Allied Health Professionals.
BME coordinates with various suppliers and subcontractors for procuring equipment and its maintenance. All employees in the hospital collaborate with BME in ensuring safe use of biomedical equipment and receive notification of product recall or alert either from the supplier/vendor or internally from individual departments that have identified a product defect.
Staff
Services
- The BME provides the following services to all Medical and Clinical Departments in the Hospital.
- Technical Support Service for the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Equipment includes the repairs, maintenance, calibrations and adjustments. Monitor the Technical Services provided and performed by vendors either under warranty, service contracts or special purchase orders for the repair services.
- Assist the administration, Medical and clinical Departments by doing the technical evaluation of proposed new equipment purchase for the hospital as a technical member of Hospital Equipment Committee.
- Perform technical incoming inspections and safety checks, and monitor the installations performed by suppliers/vendors (as required) for the New Equipment Purchases. Assigning BME Control Numbers.
- Demonstrations and training to Medical and Nursing staff for the use of Medical Equipment by BME staff or vendor/supplier/sole agent (as required).
- Proper disposal of condemned or retired medical equipment.
Hours of service provision
BME will be available round the clock, 7 days a week, including holidays to provide routine services in addition to emergency services.