title: Medical equipment. Devices and desires.
abstract: High-tech medical solutions need careful implementation to ensure optimum reliability and good patient care. Figures from the Medical Devices Agency show that a patient may be three to 10 times more at risk from user error than from faulty equipment. Informed equipment selection and user training is paying dividends in one trust.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, Royal United Hospital Bath Trust.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D007318:Inservice Training; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital; D008330:Management Audit; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011361:Professional Competence; D012308:Risk Management; D006113:United Kingdom