title: Laboratory equipment maintenance contracts.
abstract: The increasing level of technical sophistication and complexity found in clinical laboratory instrumentation today more than ever demands careful attention to maintenance service needs. The time-worn caution for careful definition of requirements for acquisition of a system should also carry over to acquisition of maintenance service. Guidelines are presented for specifications of terms and conditions for maintenance service from the perspective of the laboratorian in the automated clinical laboratory.
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003284:Contract Services / Q000592:standards*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D005376:Financial Management / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014481:United States