Topic 6: equipment design considerations and requirements Flashcards
all equipment must be
safe
accurate
consistent
fit for purpose
categories for consideration: DEPEST`
- demographics
- environmental
- political
- economic
- social
- technical
factors affecting equipment design in the NHS
- pt and staff demographics
- economic factors
- political factors
- environmental factors
- social/ cultural influences
- technological advances
Pt and staff demographics
who will be maintaining and using the equipment regularly
- ethnicity
- religion
- male/female ratio
- IT knowledgeable
- parents
- retirement age
what to consider for equipment costs
- maintenance
- re-modelling
- modification
- replacement/ life span/ end of life cycle
- installation
political factors rules and regulations
- national guidance
- HCPC guidlines
- hospital policies
- integration with physics
- NICE guidlines and targets
environmental factors for staff
- promote innovation
- logical design
- ease of use
- health and safety
environmental factors for patients
- ergonomic and calming environment to maximise patient compliance
- single sex waiting areas for examinations
why should equipment have a functional design
to ensure efficient flow of information, stress reduction, comfort dignity and privacy for patients
what are some technical factors to do with technology and imaging equipment (what must they do)
- promote interaction between technology and people
- allow for modernisation of diagnosis and treatment
- encourage new innovative techniques
- be adaptable to meet the pace of clinical developments
as a manager, what technical considerations are important when designing and installing imaging equipment?
- ease of training
- PACS connection
- RIS connection
- Capacity/Storage
- efficiency of equipment
- currency of equipment and relevance to practice
importance of PACS connection
- essential for all imaging equipment as well as downtime procedure
- some connections may be wireless
- if equipment facilitate downtime procedures and how easy are these to implement
importance of RIS connection
- allow updates of pt information and worklist equipment
what is interoperability
- the ability of different types of computers, networks, operating systems and applications to work together effectively without prior communication
what happens when technology goes wrong?
- connection breaks down
- equipment breakdown locally
- nationwide cyber hacking of NHS equipment
