I am an Audio Visual Technician (Field Service Specialist) and do a lot of work with Hospitals keeping high tech Video Conferencing and Audio stuff running and coordinate a lot with their Biomedical Techs and IT Techs. Simple question: How many hours does a Ventilator run before it has to have maintenance?
One of the hospitals I recently visited was having a shit time as all of their ventilators are online 24/7 at this point and the technician coming from the factory (apparently Ventilators have to be serviced/maintained by factory techs) actually got Covid and getting another tech to perform maintenance is gonna take days now due to the Holiday and a shortage of Biomedical Techs in General.
My question was "What happens if ya'll just continue to run it until a Tech can perform maintenance?" and the Chief of Biomedical Engineering literally turned white with fear. His point is that if they do that they are violating all kinds of medical protocol and will be caught (this stuff is closely monitored) and is a punishable offense. And if someone dies while on a Ventilator that did not get Maintenace apparently it's a criminal offense and leaves the Hospital and Techs open to being sued.
How long can these things run between scheduled Maintenance and thanks for the information!
VooDoo
One of the hospitals I recently visited was having a shit time as all of their ventilators are online 24/7 at this point and the technician coming from the factory (apparently Ventilators have to be serviced/maintained by factory techs) actually got Covid and getting another tech to perform maintenance is gonna take days now due to the Holiday and a shortage of Biomedical Techs in General.
My question was "What happens if ya'll just continue to run it until a Tech can perform maintenance?" and the Chief of Biomedical Engineering literally turned white with fear. His point is that if they do that they are violating all kinds of medical protocol and will be caught (this stuff is closely monitored) and is a punishable offense. And if someone dies while on a Ventilator that did not get Maintenace apparently it's a criminal offense and leaves the Hospital and Techs open to being sued.
How long can these things run between scheduled Maintenance and thanks for the information!
VooDoo