Addenbrooke's Hospital
Research and Development
The Rosie Hospital
Medical Equipment Library
Clinical Engineering
The Trust owns approx £35 million worth of biomedical equipment. The purpose of Equipment Management is to ensure that the benefits of this technology are maximised, and the risks minimised. This involves us in pre-purchase evaluations, acceptance tests, maintenance, development and manufacture of specialist items. We are also involved with the education and training of device users, and assist Risk Management following incidents or where equipment is subject to Safety and Hazard Notices.
The range and level of skills within Clinical Engineering can obviate the need for expensive service contracts with outside companies with the added advantage of a fast and flexible response as required. We are currently developing a new computerised equipment management system (OPTIM) which should help us to effectively administer the management of our 11,000 items of equipment.
For more information please contact Mark Rushby in the Medical Equipment Library on 01223 256 187. The Management of Biomedical Equipment is subject to Trust-wide policies and procedures.
