Investigating the medical equipment maintenance practices in selected hospital in Zambia.
type: CreativeWork
description: 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 in improving the quality of health services. In Zambian hospitals, many pieces of medical equipment are unavailable because they are out of use due to many factors, the major one being poor maintenance. Even though the unavailability of medical equipment has dire consequences to the lives of many Zambians, investigations into its causes are uncommon. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, this study investigated the factors that affect medical equipment maintenance and maintenance practices in selected Zambian hospitals. Questionnaires and interviews were the main methods for data collection. Target population that consisted of Nurses and Medical equipment personnel. In total, there were Nurses (35) who only deal with the critical medical equipment at a particular time and Medical equipment personnel (25). The sample size was derived by calculating the sample from the target population. Sampling was done using stratified sampling method and applying Yamane (1967) formula. The study adopted proportionate stratified sampling where the general population was stratified into various groups. The study then distributed the sample size so determined based on the distribution of the population among the strata such that stratum with more elements in had more elements picked compared to stratum with smaller number of elements. The study was based on five major urban hospitals in Zambia are the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH), Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital (LMUTH), Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH), Ndola Teaching Hospital (NTH) and Livingstone Teaching Hospital (LTH). In this research we consider looking at critical medical …
abstract: 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 in improving the quality of health services. In Zambian hospitals, many pieces of medical equipment are unavailable because they are out of use due to many factors, the major one being poor maintenance. Even though the unavailability of medical equipment has dire consequences to the lives of many Zambians, investigations into its causes are uncommon. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, this study investigated the factors that affect medical equipment maintenance and maintenance practices in selected Zambian hospitals. Questionnaires and interviews were the main methods for data collection. Target population that consisted of Nurses and Medical equipment personnel. In total, there were Nurses (35) who only deal with the critical medical equipment at a particular time and Medical equipment personnel (25). The sample size was derived by calculating the sample from the target population. Sampling was done using stratified sampling method and applying Yamane (1967) formula. The study adopted proportionate stratified sampling where the general population was stratified into various groups. The study then distributed the sample size so determined based on the distribution of the population among the strata such that stratum with more elements in had more elements picked compared to stratum with smaller number of elements. The study was based on five major urban hospitals in Zambia are the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Cancer Diseases Hospital (CDH), Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital (LMUTH), Kitwe Teaching Hospital (KTH), Ndola Teaching Hospital (NTH) and Livingstone Teaching Hospital (LTH). In this research we consider looking at critical medical …
author: Chilufya, Queen
language: en
keywords: Medical equipment--Maintenance., Materials Management, Hospital., Equipment and supplies.
date published: 2022
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:06:21Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: The University of Zambia