Improvement of In-service Education and Training on Medical Imaging Equipment of Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper deals with the development of standard In-service Training and Education of Users and Maintenance personnel on Medical Imaging Equipment in the health services of Bangladesh. Users and Maintenance personnel of equipment should be trained to do routine simple maintenance on equipment. This will increase user care of equipment and cooperation with maintenance technicians to reduce equipment breakdowns. At the same time, this will promote the culture of equipment care and maintenance to improve the quality of health care. Proper use and maintenance of medical equipment are essential to obtain sustained benefits and to preserve capital investment. In-service education and training have a direct impact on the quality of care. Various obstacles for expanding medical equipment use and maintenance capabilities in Bangladesh have been discussed. Proper operation and maintenance problems are complicated by the ever-increasing use of medical imaging equipment as health care is modernized. To date, the operation and maintenance situation in Bangladesh are getting worse and requires special attention. Use and maintenance capabilities are considered during the initial stage of making a decision to acquire equipment. Proper use and maintenance problems can be minimized through in-service training and education. The mission is to ensure that equipment used for patient care is safe, available, accurate, and affordable. In this paper, it has been described the problems and methodology to improve the existing in-service training and education of users and maintenance personnel on MIE. In this study, we designed a framework of in-service training and education of medical imaging equipment (MIE) uses and maintenance system used for in-house clinical engineering department.