The Importance Of Therapeutic Devices In Healthcare

Medical devices are an integral part in a healthcare facility. Medical devices are essential for the smooth running of the healthcare facility as it aids in the examination, diagnosis and treatment of the patients. Medical devices can be generally classified into Diagnostic, Therapeutic and supportive. Diagnostic devices are those that aid the physician in accurate or near accurate diagnosis of the patient and make it easier for the early detection of diseases in patients. Diagnostic devices usually include equipment’s such as X-ray, CT scan, MRI, Mammography etc. Therapeutic devices are those which after the diagnosis of the patient help in treating the diseases. Therapeutic devices include laparoscopic equipment, Lasers, LASIK etc. Supportive

This team should include experts from the major faculty in the hospital which are Clinical, Biomedical engineering, Management, Infection control member, Risk management, Engineering and maintenance. It should be the purpose of this team to look over the management of these devices in order to ensure quality as well as safety. Quality assurance is a good indicator regarding the safety of the equipment’s, applying this to diagnostic radiology, WHO says “satisfactory performance in service implies the optimum quality of the entire process i.e., the consistent production of adequate diagnostic information with minimum exposure to both patients and

This needs to be taken care of not just during procuring but throughout the life cycle of the hospital. In a hospital setting electrical currents can be very dangerous, they can affect the already sensitive patients. They are exceptionally dangerous around anaesthetic gases which maybe a source of fire. Electrical equipment’s are categorised into three categories according to the protection required against them. Class I category, includes equipment that in addition to basic insulation, provides permanent connection of the protective earth conductor and of the metallic parts, as an additional mean of protection. This connection must be in such way that the metal parts do not become active in case of destruction of the basic insulation. Class II category, includes equipment that in addition to basic insulation, provides double or reinforced insulation as an additional mean of protection. Class III category, includes devices that receive power from internal power source. There are certain tests that need to be performed in order to check their electrical safety, some tests are as follows: 1) Insulation tests. 2) Leakage currents test. 3) Protective earth continuity. Protective earthing is the most common way to protect against electrical currents, although double insulated devices do not require earthing. The medical power socket should be well protected because if used for other purposes can compromise