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- Title
Diagnóstico de la Calibración del Equipo Biomédico en Entidades de Salud del Departamento de Risaralda.
- Authors
López-Isaza, Giovanni A.; Llamosa-Rincón, Luis E.
- Abstract
Objective Determining quality features related to tracking biomedical equipment calibration patterns and their electrical safety as implemented by Health Care Institutions in the Risaralda department. Methods This was a descriptive study using non-probabilistic sampling and the criterion of a greater equipment inventory and service demand for Clinics, Aesthetic, Radiology and Dentistry Centres and Hospitals. Census; the instrument was applied to 32 healthcare institutions distributed throughout the Risaralda department's 14 municipalities between September 2005 and January 2006. Results Hospitals was the category having a highest number of electro-medical equipment (56 %). Pereira (the capital of Risaralda) had 81 % of all electro-medical equipment. All the institutions lacked NTC-ISO-IEC-17025 accreditation regarding standards certified by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce. None of the institutions externally contracted by the institutions being surveyed was accredited. Conclusions There is a public health risk in the Risaralda department; all health-care institutions lacked NTC-ISO-IEC-17025 accreditation and external institutions (in turn being hired by them for calibrating their equipment) also lacked accreditation. Based on the information obtained from non-calibrated equipment having international patterns, there is a great danger that determining the quality of biomedical equipment calibration patterns may be erroneous. It also places health-care institutions at a competitive disadvantage when compared to other accredited institutions in Colombia or in other countries.
- Subjects
RISARALDA (Colombia : Dept.); COLOMBIA; MEDICAL equipment calibration; HEALTH facilities; ACCREDITATION
- Publication
Revista de Salud Pública, 2008, Vol 10, Issue 3, p462
- ISSN
0124-0064
- Publication type
Article