Kern Medical New Hire Guide 2024

Medical Equipment Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 If a piece of Equipment is involved in an incident resulting in the death or injury of a patient, it must be reported! • Report the occurrence to your supervisor. • Take the equipment out of service and mark it as defective. • Sequester the equipment until it is picked up by Bio-Med. • Complete an Occurrence Report and reference the equipment “C” number.

Broken, Defective Equipment & Hazards in the Workplace Whom do you call if there are broken, defective equipment and hazards? • If it touches the patient – Bio-Med @ ext. 62580 • If it touches the building – Engineering @ ext. 27600 • If it touches/is my computer – Information Systems @ ext. 62416 • If it touches/is office equipment – Materials Management @ ext. 62651 • I don’t know! – Engineering @ ext. 27600

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