title: Small hospitals manage clinical equipment.
abstract: Small hospitals can develop clinical engineering programs that meet their needs by using regional shared clinical engineering services or by hiring engineering technicians.
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D003284:Contract Services; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States