title: Life expectancy projection benchmarks: a how-to guide for medical equipment replacement programs.
abstract: This document provides clinical engineers, facility managers and hospital administrators a how-to guide for establishing a medical equipment replacement program based on the equipment's projected useful life after procurement and installation. This will allow managers a benchmark for establishing realistic budgets and plans for the phase-in of replacement medical equipment.
authors.affiliation: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: McClain
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States