Posted by Andy Veeriah, 2/20/2010 7:07:53 AM

I will take the survey if Randell promises to share the survey findings back in this blog and it will also help to know when it will happen?

Posted by Randell, 2/22/2010 4:23:06 PM

I am more than willing to share the information.  As far as a time line, I will need to wait until all analysis is approved my dissertation committee.  I am optimistic that I will be done by the early summer.

Please pass this link on to others in the biomed community.  Thanks again for the interest.

Posted by Andy Veeriah, 2/22/2010 5:56:12 PM

Thanks Julie and Randell.

Posted by Don Hang, 3/17/2010 3:23:12 PM

I read your magazine, and am constantly thinking of improvements, especially cost effective and relatively 'simple' manufacturing ideas - and I have collected a few, but I am unsure where to send these to. I'm very busy techinician at a midwest hospital (moderate size 700 bed) with some 33 years experience. I'll share these with the hope of help
1. utilize a lockable steerable wheel caster on larger instruments like anesthesia, neonate/infant incubators, warmers, etc to make the heavy carts move down hallways like a patient bed, instead of 4 wheels that go any way they choose, often resulting in fighting the cart to the destination ce dept.
2. utilize ground chains or ground brush wheels so that larger instruments like above mentioned do not pick up static charge which I have always felt probably does not help the electronics, and definitely does not make the technician on the receiving end static shock any more comfortable.
3.Where possible, engineer 'away' from wall power transformers also known as 'wall warts' for medical instrumentation. I do not beleive these devices are stable enough and dependable enough to be powering some of the devices I observe, and service when they unpredictably die for no particular reason!
4.This one's a little tougher to track. I over the years have seen 'plastic' instrument casing material,that seems to last for years without failing while a good amount of instruments seem to literally crack and fall apart costing maintenance of these devices considerably higher. I'm not a chemist, so I do not know if this is a pvc or polymer,or abs or what it is. If needed, I can furnish exact instances I have observed.

Thanks for this chance to add to your day!
Don Hang - Aultman Hospital 330.363.5861