Most companies/vendors send out an end of life letter to the hospital’s, but the equipment is still kept in use. Then when it breaks there is no money in budget to replace the equipment.
Hospitals just continue kicking the can down the road even when the devices life expectancy has ended. This is what gets on my nerves with older equipment
2002?? My man, that's a baby compared to the antiques at my hospital! I was working on some ancient GE Dash monitors & the overhead went out. It was T12 tubes! The newest Steris table is from '97. & of course, if it breaks, "it's not that old! Why can't you fix it?"
Try keeping a dozen Steris 3080’s from 1989 up and running! As for your video, I would say the most stressful part of working in the OR is getting called to a room while a case is in progress and they are having issues with the gas machine. Starting out, I was terrified of getting called to a room and there being an issue with the gas machine while a patient is on the table. Another problem also arises when you have outdated LIMs that max out at 2mA and begin to alarm when a case is going on.
Your equipment was pretty new .. only 2002? We have stuff from the 90s. Biomed is the butt cover of the hospital. No matter what, even if the Doc did something wrong, it's always the equipment that failed. Now a lot of devices have keypad log history, which is good. If not, the key is documentation.
We, here in WV, are still working on equipment from 1996. Maybe earlier. I have equipment today i cant even get a service manual for or even an end of life letter, and my boss is telling me i have to put it back in service. How?
I have some many OR lights from the mid 90s. I just ripped the clock mech timer off a 1980s / 1970s all metal incandescent infrared bulb heater. I ripped the clock mech out because the OR equipment guru would have seen it in the turn ins and returned it to service.
This kinda thing makes my blood pressure boil I was security in a hospital one night I came to work I went to the office because I was way early for my shift so I grabed a coffee and figured I'd read the newspaper until it was time for me to start my shift. I am sitting in the office and the fire alarm went off. I figured it was some nurses that burnt her toast so I didn't worry about it until my supervisor came running around the corner say that it was a real fire he grabbed the fire extinguisher to put out the fire I got up and went to the fire which was in a dryer I noticed 2 other extinguishers on the floor I quickly grabbed the fire hose turned on the water and told the supervisor to aim the water right at the fire and for godsakes not to let go of the hose untill the fire was out. We got the fire out before the firedepartment arived the fire man told us to go to emergency room and get on oxygen asap. About a week later I foud out that the fire was caused by a faulty thermostat in the dryer and the hospital had been told that it was a manufacturer defeckt and to take the dryer out of service untill fixed they were even sent a replacement thermostat but they were just to stupid to change it the worst part of this was that the fire had started to get into the ceiling right whear the main Anastasia and oxygen supply pipes ran and a patient was undergoing open heart surgery while we were putting out the fire 🔥. Talk about careless and incompetents so I can understand your frustrations
Most companies/vendors send out an end of life letter to the hospital’s, but the equipment is still kept in use. Then when it breaks there is no money in budget to replace the equipment.
Hospitals just continue kicking the can down the road even when the devices life expectancy has ended. This is what gets on my nerves with older equipment
Sometimes
Borrowing parts from one to fix another, Murphy says, soon you'll have two broken devices.
Not necessarily
2002?? My man, that's a baby compared to the antiques at my hospital!
I was working on some ancient GE Dash monitors & the overhead went out. It was T12 tubes! The newest Steris table is from '97.
& of course, if it breaks, "it's not that old! Why can't you fix it?"
We've got Stytron 6500s from 1993.
Try keeping a dozen Steris 3080’s from 1989 up and running! As for your video, I would say the most stressful part of working in the OR is getting called to a room while a case is in progress and they are having issues with the gas machine. Starting out, I was terrified of getting called to a room and there being an issue with the gas machine while a patient is on the table. Another problem also arises when you have outdated LIMs that max out at 2mA and begin to alarm when a case is going on.
I've got 21 ORs in one building with the old LIMs.
Im over here trying to keep 2080s in service. Most of the accounts I handle have equipment that is 20+ years old. Its hard trying to source parts.
Wow, and i thought our 3085s were
old.
We just retired an OEC 9800 Super C that was built in June 1999...
Nice!
Your equipment was pretty new .. only 2002? We have stuff from the 90s.
Biomed is the butt cover of the hospital. No matter what, even if the Doc did something wrong, it's always the equipment that failed.
Now a lot of devices have keypad log history, which is good. If not,
the key is documentation.
We, here in WV, are still working on equipment from 1996. Maybe earlier. I have equipment today i cant even get a service manual for or even an end of life letter, and my boss is telling me i have to put it back in service. How?
Thank you!!!
I have some many OR lights from the mid 90s. I just ripped the clock mech timer off a 1980s / 1970s all metal incandescent infrared bulb heater. I ripped the clock mech out because the OR equipment guru would have seen it in the turn ins and returned it to service.
BTW, WV was one of the most beautiful states I've ever been to.
Force FX's... I have nightmares about them. We even have old hotlines, I feel your pain bro. Keep up the good work.
I still have force 2s and I found a real unicorn: force 1C.
Company too cheap to buy new ones
Lol metrics.
This kinda thing makes my blood pressure boil I was security in a hospital one night I came to work I went to the office because I was way early for my shift so I grabed a coffee and figured I'd read the newspaper until it was time for me to start my shift. I am sitting in the office and the fire alarm went off. I figured it was some nurses that burnt her toast so I didn't worry about it until my supervisor came running around the corner say that it was a real fire he grabbed the fire extinguisher to put out the fire I got up and went to the fire which was in a dryer I noticed 2 other extinguishers on the floor I quickly grabbed the fire hose turned on the water and told the supervisor to aim the water right at the fire and for godsakes not to let go of the hose untill the fire was out. We got the fire out before the firedepartment arived the fire man told us to go to emergency room and get on oxygen asap. About a week later I foud out that the fire was caused by a faulty thermostat in the dryer and the hospital had been told that it was a manufacturer defeckt and to take the dryer out of service untill fixed they were even sent a replacement thermostat but they were just to stupid to change it the worst part of this was that the fire had started to get into the ceiling right whear the main Anastasia and oxygen supply pipes ran and a patient was undergoing open heart surgery while we were putting out the fire 🔥. Talk about careless and incompetents so I can understand your frustrations