Preventive Maintenance Program: Biomedical Service Companies
One of the best ways to ensure a solid return on your investment for high-value and essential biomedical equipment is to get a preventive maintenance program through trusted biomedical service companies. Medical repair services are necessary to just about any medical practice, clinic, or hospital. Preventive maintenance can help your biomedical equipment to perform better, be safer, and last longer. The goal of any preventive maintenance program should be to establish a consistent practice of service, inspection, and calibration to ensure the safety of the equipment used in any practice, clinic, or hospital.
PM Contracts Save Money
In addition to safety purposes, which fall under industry and government regulations, planned services from reputable biomedical service companies can enhance the life of the equipment and avoid emergency services. Emergency repairs can cost significantly higher than planned maintenance and can leave busy practices without the essential equipment they need to provide quality patient care. While Stat Bio-Medical Sales & Service does offer loaner biomedical equipment to our clients whenever available, there are some situations when loaners might not be possible. In that type of situation, the practice may have to refer patients out to other services or purchase new and reconditioned equipment as a replacement.
PM Contracts Save Time
When you work with Stat Bio-Medical Sales & Service for your preventive maintenance program, we can provide you with tools and additional services that are designed to save you time. We can establish a timely schedule for routine repairs, maintenance, and manufacturer required servicing according to your preferred timeline so as not to interfere with patient services. Our Client Access Portal can be used to view scheduled maintenance and servicing that has already occurred, or that is set to occur in the future. Busy administrators and office managers can use this tool to streamline services, request extra services online, and communicate with our team on their terms.
PM Contracts Benefit Medical Facilities
Whether you operate or manage a medical practice, clinic, or hospital, there are certain benefits that come from working under a preventive maintenance program. Equipment downtime is considerably decreased, and the number of significant and emergency repairs are reduced as well. Costs are significantly cut back when you work on a pro-active approach to medical repair services instead of a reactive method. Scheduling servicing to calibrate CP150 resting ECG machines or autoclave equipment not only saves time and money but improves safety and quality conditions for everyone involved. It benefits the patient, the staff, the management team, and the facility.
PM Contracts Reduce Liabilities
Facilities that do not take the time to secure a preventive maintenance program are putting themselves at risk for liabilities. The annual electrical safety test, annual performance test, and annual calibrations that are defined in the NFPA code 99 standards are designed to ensure that all medical facilities are meeting their legal obligations according to government regulations. The NFPA 99 establishes criteria for all levels of health care services or systems based on their potential risk to the patients, staff, or visitors. The requirements address areas such as installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, performance, and safe practices for facilities, materials, equipment, and appliances, including all medical gas and vacuum systems.
Record-keeping requirements for NFPA 99 are provided through our Client Access Portal. This is an essential regulatory compliance that offers data relating to the accurate documentation of testing, repairs, and servicing for government-required record keeping. The documentation provides details with regard to the equipment that was tested, the date that it was tested, and whether the test was performed successfully. Your health care facility should have a records retention policy that is designed to work in conjunction with these requirements with regard to the length of time that records need to be kept and maintained according to all local, state, and federal agencies.
To learn more about NFPA 99 code standards and requirements, visit our website to learn more about the benefits of being proactive with your preventive maintenance program. Stat Bio-Medical Sales & Service offers a series of professional services designed to help our clients meet the requirements and obligations outlined in the NFPA 99 standards. Testing, maintenance, and calibration are all essential to ensure the quality performance of your biomedical equipment. If you would like to learn more about our medical repair services, Client Access Portal or other biomedical service companies manufacturer-recommended programs, give us a call toll-free at 1-877-995-1117. We can answer any questions you might have or provide you with additional information about our preventive maintenance program.