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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Medical equipment"”.
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Order fulfillment model for medical equipment installation materials
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2001.
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Medical equipment planning and construction of a interventional neuroradiology suite
… of medicine. It is composed of two renowned medical centers, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The hospital's strategic planning group identified the need to expand the Interventional …
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Supply base segmentation and management at a medical equipment manufacturer
This thesis proposes an approach to supply base management that relies on differentiation between categories of suppliers. The objective of this thesis is to illustrate, through a real company's example, how profitability analysis can be combined with more typical supply base management approaches …
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Investigating the medical equipment maintenance practices in selected hospital in Zambia.
The role of medical equipment is crucial for efficient healthcare delivery in any hospital. Physicians rely on equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Therefore, the availability of medical equipment in good working condition and the optimal utilization of the equipment is important …
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Surface Modification of Commonly used Polymer Plastics for Increased Hemocompatibility in Medical Equipment
… variety of materials used in making perfusion equipment components: polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate (PC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polyurethane (PU), polysulfone (PS). All materials had MEG-OH adlayer formed and …
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Sensor-based maintenance cost estimation and residual value estimation for medical equipment recycling
Medical equipment manufacturing companies that provide maintenance and product take-back programs have limited information about location and severity of defects, and the condition of the product before making decisions about whether to repair, recycle, remanufacture, refurbish or call-back and …
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Product development of a device for manufacturing medical equipment for use in low-resource settings
… design of a device that can be used to create medical supplies on-site in clinics in low-resource settings. The machine uses purely mechanical elements to cut and fold cardstock paper in order to fabricate aerosol masks for the treatment of asthma. The devices will be mass manufactured by …
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Lived experiences of nurses regarding shortage of medical equipment and supplies in primary healthcare facilities in Makhado Municipality
… decline in the availability of functioning medical equipment and supplies in developing countries. The World Health Organisation revealed that in the African countries including South Africa approximately 50-80% of medical equipment is not working, resulting in failure to provide quality …
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Children's attitudes to a hospital familiarisation programme
… strange people, environment, smells, sounds and medical equipment, and confronted with possibly painful and invasive procedures, many young children become stressed and anxious. Negative psychological effects may have immediate and/or long lasting psychological consequences (Zuckerberg, 1994; 0 …
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Earthquake risk mitigation of hospital facilities: a case study of Vancouver General Hospital
… as well as that of therapeutic and diagnostic medical equipment in the aftermath of an earthquake. Vancouver General Hospital is used as a case study to critically examine seismic pre-event mitigation strategies which include: the structures; building operation and medical equipment which are …
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An exploration of involvement in the co-design of mammography machines : the power of the user’s voice
… aimed to explore and analyse the co-design of medical equipment in order to make recommendations, by gaining an understanding of the involvement and aspects of the group that influence involvement in the process of co-design. Method This qualitative study followed one group made up of …
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Interference Measurements and Throughput Analysis for 2.4 GHz Wireless Devices in Hospital Environments
… for various applications. Consequently the medical community views wireless applications as ineludible and necessary. However, currently there exist regulations on the use of wireless devices in hospitals, and with the ever increasing wireless personal applications, there will be more …
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Development of a NASA Flight Surgeon Quick Reference Guide and Evaluation of the International Space Station Medical Kit: A Model for Resource-Limited Populations
… Guide to complement on-orbit crewmember medical checklists aims to standardize medical care on the part of NASA’s medical ground support for a unique patient population in an austere environment. Adapting terrestrial clinical guidelines for spaceflight requires not only reviewing both the …
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Rfid-based business process and workflow management in healthcare:design and implementation
… the real-time location, status, and condition of medical resources. The goal of this research is to propose a newly integrated system to model, automate, and monitor healthcare business processes using an automatic data collection technology to record the timing and location of activities and …
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Modified Delphi study to determine the components of a Medical Cache required for local or international medical deployment after a major incident or disaster
… The personnel of the Western Cape Emergency Medical and Rescue Services are suitably trained to respond to major incidents or disasters, but lack the support of a standardised medical cache. This in turn compromises the preparedness of such a team to deploy to major incidents and or disasters …
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Healthcare Technology: A Strategic Approach to Medical Device Management
<p>The constant evolution of medical technology has increased the demand for managing medical devices to ensure safety and effectiveness. In this paper I will investigate how biomedical engineering has addressed the issue of equipment management and identifies strategies to successfully maintain an …
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Oxygen Therapy in Malawi: Revising Oxygen Concentrator Filtration and Use for Improved function in Low-Resource Hospitals
… hospitals is the functionality and longevity of medical equipment. A large percentage of all medical equipment in Malawian hospitals is donated, resulting in a wide spectrum of models, necessary spare parts, and functionality. These machines can break quickly due to heavy use prior to donation, …
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Uniting maternity care with neonatal intensive care: Analysis advancing hospital experiences for families of newborns through design
… has changed immensely over the last century. Medical intervention has surpassed the needs of mother and infant to be together when either requires medical attention. By bringing medical equipment for both into a single hospital room, separation between the two will be decreased. For this …
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Hive city
… she killed, as she accepts a job to steal medical equipment from an intermediary that she doesn’t quite trust. Things go awry though when the equipment she’s expected to steal turns out to be a young girl named Lysander. Monica’s decision to help her draws the attention of Gentech …
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