Services :
 

 
Biomedical Engineering manages all the Medical equipment/s in GCRI and its satellite centers located at Rajkot, Sidhhpur and Bhavnagar. The health providers get assistance from the Biomedical engineer for the acquisition of technology, ensuring its safe, continued efficient utilization through a well-planned program of user training, maintenance and quality assurance, playing a vital role in the safe and effective implementation of health care technology. Department of Biomedical Engineering provides safe, calibrated and operational equipment for delivery of the best health care possible reducing the inconvenience caused by malfunctioning equipment and the time lost because of non-availability of equipment.

Functions

• Analyses equipment characteristics in clinical environment ensuring technical and clinical acceptability.
• Biomedical Engineer advises whether to shift to a newer, more innovative technology or to stay with the tried and true one.
• Calibration, Performance verification and certifications of biomedical equipment.
• Determining the optional lifespan of biomedical equipment and its aging, out-modelled and inappropriately costly instrumentation is retired in accordance with a rational equipment replacement policy.
• Management of maintenance contract: Analysis of equipment failure and assessment of repair cost, scheduling of repair/PM visits, documentation and monitoring of equipment up time.
• Maintaining work-order, inventory of equipment, preventive maintenance schedule and technician time.
• Planning & installation for all types of sophisticated Bio Medical equipment.
• Repair & Maintenance of biomedical equipment.
• Reviewing maintenance contract in terms of quality and responsiveness to make decision on modification of service contract terms.
• Taking steps to prevent malfunctioning of biomedical equipment.