ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

To determine the present involvement of clinical engineers in hospitals, 1120 hospitals with more than 250 beds were surveyed. Replies were received from 573 inquiries for a 51% return. Sixty percent of the respondents stated that they presently have in-house service, 31% employ clinical engineers, and 29% only employ BMET's. Seven percent showed no interest in clinical engineer-type service. Extrapolating the data to all hospitals with more than 250 beds, there will be a minimum of 345 new clinical engineering positions during the next two to five years.

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The development of instrumentation for temperature measurement has been simplified with the availability of integrated circuits designed specifically to measure temperature. These devices are, for the most part, linear, accurate (once calibrated), and easy to use. Additionally, we are seeing an increasing availability of low-cost complete digital panel meters. This paper describes a small, inexpensive, Celsius-reading (centigrade), digital thermometer whose two main components are an IC temperature sensor and a digital panel meter kit. Complete circuit details are provided. Also included are modification and parts-substitution ideas and a bibliography on temperature measurement instrumentation.

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

This critique of the proposed FDA “Device Exemptions” (1978, Docket 76N-0324) analyses its defects, estimates the magnitude of device injury to patients during past 17 years, provides a prescription for rational FDA regulation under the present Law, which is summarized and shown to allow FDA wide latitude in regulatory pressure; emphasizes the urgent need for properly trained engineers, which are not presently in or available to FDA; and estimates and predicts vast cost increases, competition suppression and blockade of new devices. The classification schemea is shown to be illogical and capricious; the economic impact assessment faulty; and the law, extant regulations, proposed regulations complicated, confusing, and internally inconsistent.

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

A general purpose R-wave trigger circuit has been developed for use with heart rate meters and other biomedical instrumentation requiring a signal synchronous with cardiac electrical activity. The device does not require user adjustment, and features a wide dynamic range and low parts cost.

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

A current major concern of the medical community is the incidence of nosocomial, or hospital-related infection. One of the chief ways a patient may get a nosocomial infection is through medical instrumentation which has been improperly sterilized or incorrectly utilized. The clinical engineer, because of his critical involvement with medical instrumentation, must, in addition to his conventional duties, instruct hospital personnel in the proper sterilization and use of medical instrumentation. In order to accomplish this, the clinical engineer must understand the relationship between nosocomial infection and medical instrumentation, and he must become familiar with basic sterilization procedures as they apply to each class of medical instrumentation.

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

A low-cost Medical Data Handling System (MDHS) has been developed on a Digital Equipment Corporation PDP 11V03 computer system with dual floppy discs using BASIC in a time-shared configuration. The MDHS can be called up by one or more users to collect, update, or store patient data on floppy discs. Various analysis options are available to generate reports for patient management or administrative purposes. All software is written in BASIC to facilitate changes or expansion, and to reduce the costs in transferring the software system to other low-cost microprocessor systems currently available. The MDHS can be used in a variety of hospital departments for data management by simple customization of the I/O software to take advantage of the general purpose routines. The system is currently in use for generating daily patient-summary clinical-laboratory reports for ICU and CCU patients. This is the first part of a two-part article. The second part will follow in the July-September issue of this Journal.

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

摘要:

The emerging concept of a clinical engineer is that of a parctitioner of engineering science as it applies to hospital medical devices and the technology of health care delivery. Therefore, in addition to the theoretical and scientific aspects of the clinical engineer's education, there must also be some form of experiential education under proper guidance. For most university-based clinical engineering programs, this takes the form of a hospital internship. The transition between the academic environment to the hospital environment is not always a smooth one, as there is a type of “culture shock” brought on by the new and extremely demanding situation encountered in the hospital. In an effort to improve the transition from university to hospital and allow the student to focus more sharply on his or her professional goals, the concept of the clinical engineering paracticum was developed. Its function is to be an introductory learning experience and half-way point between the hospital and the university.

ISSN:0363-8855    

出版商:OVID    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID