title: In-house medical device maintenance.
abstract: The establishment of a medical engineering department in this 600-bed institution has proved to be cost-effective and has improved the hospital's environment.
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000295:instrumentation; D009657:North Carolina