Life cycle of equipment 0.0 / 5 ? Human BiologyLife Cycle of equipmentUniversityNone Created by: EmmatjiesCreated on: 09-05-20 10:54 Life Cycle Equipment specification Installation Critical examination Acceptace testing Commisioning Clinical use Routine testing (clinical examination again then back to clinical use, if adjustments are made) Replacement 1 of 9 Equipment Specification Identify essential critera and desirable elements of the equipment you need and put together a specification. This then goes into a tendering process, where you shrtlist potential suppliers and these suppliers make site visits where equipment testing is done. 2 of 9 Installation Things to consider during installation process. Where is it being delivered to? Is everyone aware of the change? Who is managing the project? 3 of 9 Four stages of checking equipment Critical examination - Before clinical use Acceptance- Before clinical use Commisioning- Before clinical use Routine performance testing- During Clinical use. Regulations: IRR 2017- States that critical examination should be done for all equipment. The installer is responsible for this, but is carried out by the RPA 4 of 9 Critical examination Emergency off button test Automatic Exposure control Warning signs Door locks All labels on equipment Couch movement and brakes are tested Employers should not allow equipment to be used if it is unsatisfactory. 5 of 9 Acceptance testing This is done by medical physics Record keeping is important. This is normally carried out at the same time as commissioning Baseline views determined for future QA testing. 6 of 9 Commissioning Also done by Medical physics. or company engineers. Apps training Performance testing Standard operating procedures are written for the equipment 7 of 9 Clinical Use During clinical use the quality of service should be monitored. Level A checks: ( 1 to 3 monthly) LBD Centring Distance and scale checks Output measurements Level B checks: (yearly, as these tests are more analytical and require additional equipment. Exposure time Image uniformity AEC Radiation out put repeatability 8 of 9 Quality assurance Provides: systematic monitoring Evaluation of various aspects of equipment Ensures that standards of quality are met Ensures the continued production of diagnostic images with appropriate image quality with the dose being as low as reasonably practiceable. Identifies faults or deterioration Maintains image quality Protects staff and pts Keeps rad dose ALARP Institue of physics and engineering in medicine (IPEM) Report 91 9 of 9
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