OVERVIEW
Important issues:
- Assess need
- Determine specific model
- Funding
- Purchase and implementation
- Education
- Assess benefits
ASSESS NEED
- What purpose will equipment serve
- How many required
- Inadequacies or lack of current equipment
- Who made the request for replacement and what are their specific concerns
DETERMINE SPECIFIC MODEL
Features
- Functions
- Size
- Availability of upgrades
- Compatibility with other equipment in department/institution
- Compliance with National standards, Health policy and Hospital policy
- User friendly
Support
- Training
- Warranty (replacement or fix on site)
- Service commitments
- Access to parts
Cost
- Establish best value model for department’s requirements
FUNDING
- Include in departmental annual budget (for replacement of items only)
- Apply for special funding
— Formal application for tied grant - Institution
- Local government
— Provide cost-benefit analysis
PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION
- Delivery
- Physical implementation
— Brackets, power supply, safety issues
— Location in department
EDUCATION
- Education of nursing and medical staff
— By manufacturer
— Ongoing education by senior nursing and medical staff - Regular updates and revision
— Implementation into quality assurance loop - Continuous data retrieval
- Review and revise
ASSESS BENEFITS
Audit
- Number of times used
- Adverse outcomes
- Equipment malfunction
Satisfaction surveys
- Staff
- Patient
Cost-benefit analysis
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