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| Summary |
WHO and partners have been working towards devising an agenda, an action plan, tools and guidelines to increase access to appropriate medical devices. This document is part of a series of reference documents being developed for use at the country level. The series will include the following subject areas:
. policy framework for health technology
. medical device regulations
. health technology assessment
. health technology management
. needs assessment of medical devices
. medical device procurement
. medical equipment donations
. medical equipment inventory management
. medical equipment maintenance
. computerized maintenance management systems
. medical device data
. medical device nomenclature
. medical devices by health-care setting
. medical devices by clinical procedures
. medical device innovation, research and development.
These documents are intended for use by biomedical engineers, health managers,
donors, nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions involved in health
technology at the district, national, regional or global levels.
Once established, the inventory serves as the foundation for moving forward within the
HTM system and ensuring safe and effective medical equipment. The inventory may
be used to develop budgets for capital purchases, maintenance and running costs; to
build and support an effective clinical engineering department, by allowing for workshop
planning, hiring and training of technical support staff, and establishing and maintaining
service contracts; to support an effective medical equipment management programme,
such as planning preventive maintenance activities and tracking work orders; and to
plan the stock of spare parts and consumables. The inventory may also be used to
support equipment needs assessment within the health-care facility and to record the
purchase, receipt, retirement and discarding of equipment. Facility risk analysis and
mitigation, and emergency and disaster planning, are also supported by an inventory. |
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