WHO Medical device technical series

A maintenance strategy includes procedures for inspection, as well as preventive and corrective maintenance. Performance inspections ensure that equipment is operating correctly, safety inspections ensure the equipment is safe for both patients and operators, and preventive maintenance (PM) aims to extend the life of the equipment and reduce failure rates.

Preface

Health technologies are essential for a functioning health system. Medical devices in particular are crucial in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness and disease, as well as patient rehabilitation. Recognizing this important role of health technologies, the World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA60.29 in May 2007.
The resolution covers issues arising from the inappropriate deployment and use of health technologies, and the need to establish priorities in the selection and management of health technologies, specifi cally medical devices. By adopting this resolution, delegations from Member States acknowledged the importance of health technologies for achieving health-related development goals; urged expansion of expertise in the fi eld of health technologies, in particular medical devices; and requested that the World Health Organization (WHO) take specifi c actions to support Member States.

One of WHO’s strategic objectives is to “ensure improved access, quality and use of medical products and technologies.” This objective, together with the World Health Assembly resolution, formed the basis for establishing the Global Initiative on Health Technologies (GIHT), with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. GIHT aims to make core health technologies available at an affordable price, particularly to communities in resource-limited settings, to effectively control important health problems. It has two specifi c objectives:

  • to challenge the international community to establish a framework for the development of national essential health technology programmes that will have a positive impact on the burden of disease and ensure effective use of resources;
  • to challenge the business and scientifi c communities to identify and adapt innovative technologies that can have a signifi cant impact on public health.

To meet these objectives, WHO and partners have been working towards devising an agenda, an action plan, tools and guidelines to increase access to appropriate medical devices. This document is part of a series of reference documents being developed for use at the country level.

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For health care projects this can be translated into functional programs, room-to-room books, equipment planning, equipment specifications, routing and planning, preliminary- and final designs etc. The use of up-to-date planning systems from InterMed CSP divisions, contribute to on-time delivery schedules, while experienced teams ensure proper integration of the various systems into the complex hospital setting.

In short, the experts of InterMed CSP have the professional and technical skills plus the corporate resources, managerial expertise, and the project expertise to harness all disciplines required to organise, execute, and control a wide variety of multidisciplinary projects.

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