Thank you for the testing explanation. As technical people, we like absolute measurements! This is the first analytical approach that I have seen for battery testing. By following the OEM require...
No apologies necessary. I to feel very strongly about doing what is right aside from what budgets dictate. I have been in the field only half of the time you have been in but I assure you that pa...
First, sorry if my comments sounded harsh. I feel strongly about techs doing what they know is essential, independent of real-life budget concerns. In 3 decades of Biomed I have seen too many ins...
See this link for further discussion on the details of the program and documentation of this battery program. https://24x7mag.com/2015/04/build-battery-testing-station/?ref=fr-title Aside from re...
I appreciate the feedback. I will have to add that this entire undertaking may have been inspired by a cost savings measure but has grown into a pro active undertaking of better battery managemen...
Concerning asking vendors to make changes in there product or IFUs, nowadays they generally won't do it for an existing product––as any changes have to go through an FDA approval process, whi...
This advice ignores several critical realities. One, the hospital is assuming liability by ignoring manufacturer's requirements. If you believe the manufacturers have too short of an interval, ch...
Contributing writer Mike Bassett’s clever strategies for medical device batteries were creative! However, 24x7 readers need to beware. Costly liabilities can emerge if 24x7 readers implement tw...
This is an excellent article regarding a very important topic. I believe more emphasis should be placed, however, on the liability risk involved with manipulating a manufacturer's replacement int...
It would be great to see Drew Johnson's battery testing station details. Could they be posted or sent to us?