title: The role of appropriate medical technology procurement and user maintenance instructions in developing countries.
abstract: Reports bear witness that a significant proportion of all healthcare equipment in developing countries is not in use. There are many and varied reasons this, including inappropriateness or a lack of basic maintenance. This report addresses these issues, including guidelines for procurement staff and end-users and a bibliography. Examples of the considerations involved are given in the specialties of therapy oxygenation, laboratory tests and solar-powered equipment.
authors.affiliation: King's Mill Centre for Healthcare Services (NHS Trust), Sutton-in-Ashfield, UK.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D002201:Capital Expenditures; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D003906:Developing Countries; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006285:Health Planning; D008283:Maintenance / Q000592:standards; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012993:Solar Energy; D013664:Teaching Materials; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D018581:Technology Transfer