Abstract
In Italy, hospitals of different dimensions have been equipped, in the last years, with a clinical engineering structure that is leaded by a bioengineer whose main role is management of bioinstrumentation in terms of planning for purchases and maintenance. Nevertheless, if we think that hospital structures, particularly those with considerable dimensions, are subject to a nearly continuous upkeep process, we can locate a new crucial role for bioengineers: being the main referents of upkeep process together with hospital’s CEO. The process of upkeep and development of a hospital is always a complex multi-project that involves many steps starting from a deep planning effort. In this process, we maintain, the bioengineer should be involved starting from scratch.
Access provided by Autonomous University of Puebla. Download to read the full chapter text
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Institute of medicine at http://www.iom.edu.
http://www.npsf.org (National patient safety foundation).
http://www.jcaho.org (Joint commission accreditation health care organization).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
About this paper
Cite this paper
Iadanza, E., Dori, F., Gentili, G.B. (2007). The role of bioengineer in hospital upkeep and development. In: Magjarevic, R., Nagel, J.H. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_922
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_922
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-36839-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-36841-0
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)