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Hospital Bed Repair - Tips to Save Time and Money

Posted by john stuart mill on Mar 19 2021 at 04:09PM PDT

Hospital beds have come a long way in the past few decades. What was once mostly a mechanical machine has become a truly sophisticated piece of medical equipment, providing both comfort and increased functionality to hospital patients. hasta karyolası The increase in the sophistication of these beds has presented some interesting challenges to those charged with repairing this equipment. This article will discuss what these unique challenges are and how to overcome them.

When most medical equipment fails, it can be taken out of service and conveniently repaired at a workbench. However, when a medical bed fails, there exist an inconvenience on several levels. For one, if a hospital patient is in a malfunctioning bed, the patient has to be moved in order to assess the problem and complete the repair. Secondly, when a hospital bed fails it takes up costly hospital real estate.

One less bed can mean one less available room to offer patients. Even if a loaner bed is used to replace the faulty bed temporarily, the faulty bed has to be stored or moved somewhere. If your facility has a bad week with many bed failures, this can present a real problem in a hurry.

Another challenge with medical bed repairs is finding a cost-effective repair option. It comes as no surprise that on-site service or service contracts from an OEM are very expensive. One of the best options available to the Biomedical Engineering Department is to participate in a parts exchange program.

With such a program, if you can isolate the problem to an electronic board or motor, you can receive an exchange part very quickly and at a much lower price than an OEM part. By implementing such a service, you can save your hospital precious time and money.

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