Conclusion

With this we come to the end of the first part of the course on Health Administration.

The second and third part of Health management and health system management will follow. Keep watching!!!

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Engineering Hazards

This presentation details the Engineering hazards possible in Hospital and it management scenarios.

Hospital Equipment Maintenance :: Hospiad

Repair and maintenance of existing facilities to ensure  optimum operational reliability, risk reduction and their safety for the patient, staff and public is the objective of maintenance. The quality of engineering services in terms of their outcome and ability to satisfy the expectations of clientele, both internal (doctors / nurses / technicians / management) and external (the patients / their relatives as well as the regulatory authorities) depends on effective maintenance.

Expectations of the Patients

1. There is a regular and uninterrupted power / water supply, the communication system and a comfortable environment (lighting, ventilation, humidity, noise / odor level).
2. Failure of these services is not the cause of any untoward effect, on their treatment / chances of recovery.
3. The service should be able to provide to them an atmosphere like their home atmosphere.

Expectations of the Doctors / Nurses / Technicians

1. The services optimize the comfort level of the patient.
2. That the services are adequate enough to support the timely performance of the diagnostic / therapeutic procedures
3. The communication system is efficient and fully reliable
4. The services do not, in any way, adversely affect the treatment of their patients.

Expectations of the Management

1. No complaints from the patients, staff or the regulatory authorities.
2. Safety of patients, public and staff from all possible hazards related to the facility management.
3. Minimum possible cost of maintaining / operating the facilities / equipment under the charge of the department.

Expectations of the Regulatory Authorities

1. Absolute compliance of all legal provisions and no incidence of violations of the laws.
2. Complete safety of the patients, relatives, public and the staff.
3. No complaints from the public about environmental nuisance.

In view of this Equipment maintenance is one of the vital components of any hospital service and attention to be paid on above factors.

This presentation is made with the extracts taken from a WHO presentation indicated on it. Hope it will be of help  and a guide for hospital equipment maintenance.

Hospital engineering services :: Hospiad

One must be surprised, being a hospital administrator, what is the need of knowing engineering service. But one must not forget that:

• Huge hospital buildings require maintenance and repair.
• Hospital requires Electricity, water supply, air-conditioning, and sewerage disposal for 24x7 days of the year.
• Hospital uses highly sophisticated, heavy equipments and machines for patient care.

Knowing engineering services helps the administrator to plan and take decision in time for smooth running of the hospital. Therefore Engineering Services are perhaps the most vital of the utility services in the hospital. The efficiency of entire patient care delivery system of the hospital depends on their efficiency. Even the slightest breakdown of power supply system, information system communication system or malfunctioning of vital equipment can have catastrophic effects.

The scope of engineering services in a hospital comprises of civil assets, electricity supply, water supply including plumbing and fittings, steam supply, central medical gases, air and clinical vacuum delivery system, air conditioning and refrigeration, lifts, public health services, lightening protection, structured cabling, communication system (public address system, telephones, paging system), TV and piped music system, non-conventional energy devices, horticulture, landscaping, fire fighting.

Last, but not the least, workshop facilities for repairs and maintenance of equipment. The scope of engineering services generally includes repair and maintenance of existing facilities to ensure optimum operational reliability, risk reduction and their safety for the patient, staff and public.

Initial planning and building the civil assets is to included in the scope of services. That’s why it is mandatory for a hospital administrator to know about engineering services.

The presentation describes in short the various type of emergency services required in a hospital setup and taking various preventing measures for safety of all and longevity of the buildings, systems and machines.