title: Biomedical equipment: maintenance factors, units of measurement, and standards.
abstract: The scope of biomedical equipment maintenance in health care institutions is typically determined by the available manpower and time resources. This paper reviews 27 factors that influence this maintenance, discusses the units of measurement that have been used to assess maintenance effectiveness, and outlines the steps needed to develop appropriate standards for determining whether the maintenance is effective.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States