A Conceptual Framework to determine Medical Equipment Maintenance in Hospital Using RCM Method

Siti Hajar Salim,Siti Aisyah Salim,Saiful Amri Mazlan,E Mohd Ahnuar,R Mohd Nordin,J Yunus,N.A Abdul Rahman

doi:10.1051/matecconf/201926602011

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https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201926602011

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Abstract

Maintenance services are performed to ensure the equipment is operating according to manufacturer standard and maintained at a desired level of quality. The implementation of maintenance services may prevent unexpected breakdown and disruption of operations in a hospital. However, there were numbers of cases reported on the frequent breakdown of medical equipment even though the maintenance program is in place and practised. Therefore, the reliability of the maintenance services was questioned especially when the breakdowns occurred after the maintenance services being performed. This paper proposes a conceptual framework to determine the accurate maintenance program for medical equipment in the hospital using Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) method. The recommendation from the RCM will assist to identify the root cause of the breakdown and minimize the number of breakdown for medical equipment in the hospital. RCM process is known as one of the most effective maintenance approaches to reduce the number of maintenance activities and hence minimizing the cost of maintenance incurred.

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Medical equipment plays a vital role in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment patient in a hospital facility
A maintenance program of medical equipment is crucially important to ensure that the equipment is maintained at its best condition and to avoid any failures or breakdown occurred during its operations
We found one similarity area of concerns of the engineers on the current maintenance program in their hospital which is the reliability of the maintenance itself

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Medical equipment plays a vital role in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment patient in a hospital facility. As important as it has been, the hospital needs to maintain rigorous standards and requirements of medical equipment to ensure the safety of patients and the staff. Absence or failure of medical equipment could significantly pull down the medical industry and become detrimental to the lives of billions of people worldwide. To ensure medical equipment is well maintained in good and safe condition, maintenance program needs to be performed. A maintenance program of medical equipment is crucially important to ensure that the equipment is maintained at its best condition and to avoid any failures or breakdown occurred during its operations. Maintenance is considered as "profit contributor" and "partner" for world-class competitiveness [1]

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