Abstract

OROZCO, W; NARVAEZ, G; GARCIA GOMEZ, W  and  QUINTERO RODAS, A. CLEANER MAINTENANCE AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT IN THREE HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA. Rev. ing. biomed. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.21, pp.21-25. ISSN 1909-9762.

Objective: to perform a diagnosis of the state of biomedical equipment maintenance management in the emergency areas of three (3) institutions of level three of medical complexity in the city of Medellín, Colombia. The realm is within the cleaner production in health research project. Methodology. A survey was designed based on the Cleaner Production Sector. Guide: in hospitals, clinics and health centers, where a check list was obtained to review the state of maintenance management of the most complex biomedical equipment used in the emergency room. Results: maintenance management of the most complex biomedical equipment is very good in hospital 1 and excellent in hospitals 2 and 3. Metrology and maintenance management in the biomedical equipment of the emergency area of all three hospitals is excellent. Conclusion: maintenance management is very important for financial savings in institutions, since they can thus reduce equipment downtime without hindering the provision of services, along with reducing costs in the purchase of spare parts and generation of waste, which causes a negative impact on the environment.

Keywords : Biomedical equipment; maintenance management; hospitals; biomedical metrology; cleaner production.

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