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Title |
Speaker |
Description |
| Anesthetic Vaporizer
Preventative Maintenance and Patient Safety |
William Narey, CEO
G.A.S |
An overview of the
history and development of anesthetic vaporizers including: material
specifications, performance criteria and safety issues. A brief outline
of potential hazards, preventative maintenance recommendations and the most
effective use of anesthetic vaporizers in the O.R. Patient safety
issues. |
| Pulse Oximeters:
Performance Evaluation of Professional and Consumer Grades |
Steven, Bozek, Student PSU BET Program Myron Hartman, Instructor PSU BET Program |
This session will
share the results of an undergraduate research project that is comparing
professional and consumer grade pulse oximeters for: accuracy, environmental
interferences, reliability and cost effectiveness. |
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| Surgical Supply Item
Tracking |
Tim Robb, ClearCount Service Manager Dan Hartman, ClearCount Biomed Technician |
Retained surgical items, a clear safety issue in the
operating room. The ClearCount Platform
enables a product architecture focused on improving patient safety, reducing
the impact of human error and improving efficiency, while providing economic
value. ClearCount systems provide a number of solutions. Tim and Dan will
discuss how ClearCount’s RFID technology counts and detects surgical items in
the Operating Room. |
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Optimize the
Performance of TEE Probes Through Proper Care |
Ted Lucidi, CBET
Technical and Clinical Support Specialist, MEDRAD Service |
Calling all BMETs!
Having trouble with your TEEs? This course will teach you how to enhance the
care plan for your TEE (transesophageal) probes. You will learn how to identify
common failure points and techniques to minimize support costs. The
desired outcome is that you will be able to educate your customers on how to
avoid common pitfalls in the care and handling of these devices. |
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A brief Overview of
use and service of Diagnostic Ultrasound Equipment
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Scott Fanks ,Customer
Engineer, Trisonics
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Diagnostic Ultrasound
in the Clinical Areas, Modes of Ultrasound use, Overview of functional
block diagram of Ultrasound Scanners, Architecture of the most popular
Scanners, common failures, Ultrasound service discussion |
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“First Look Support”
for MEDRAD Injectors |
Joseph Paravate, Product
Trainer, MEDRAD Service |
BMET’s will learn how
to identify common failure points and techniques to minimize injector down-time
and service costs. “First Look Support” is usually only available with a
PartnerCARE Plus service package. Come and take advantage of this no cost
training as part of the Pittsburgh Biomedical Conference! |
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NFPA 99 2012 - Healthcare Facilities Code |
Alan Lipschultz, CCE, PE, CSP - President of HealthCare Technology Consulting LLC |
NFPA 99 has just gone a MAJOR revision that will affect all Clinical Engineering groups over time. The biggest change is that it is now an NFPA "Code" on a par with the National Electrical Code. The NFPA is beginning a big campaign to get this code adopted into law. Mr. Lipschultz is a member of the AAMI Technology Management Council and will also address the proposed CMS change to require manufacturer's PM procedures. NFPA-99 also has text addressing this subject
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Radiology Service with a focus on Nuclear Medicine |
Joel Petri, Senior Field Engineer, Absolute Imaging Solutions (AIS) |
I. Servicing in a hospital vs. office setting (interaction)
A. hospital
B. office
II. Service (job vs. career)
A. Quality
B. competition
C. parts
III Absolute Imaging Solution AIS
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Fundamentals of Servicing Diagnostic Imaging Systems |
Ed Kohut, Training Manager |
This course is designed to teach the new service professional the skills required for an understanding of the principles and concepts of diagnostic imaging. This course covers from how x-rays are produced to the advanced imaging chain.
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