Troubleshooting Medical Equipment

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Methods and strategies for troubleshooting medical equipment, systems and electronics components. BE T 210 Troubleshooting Medical Equipment (3) BE T 210 will provide students with methods and strategies for servicing medical equipment, systems and electronics components. Many different methods can be used to identify and solve problems that include using many different skill sets. This course introduced logical methods for troubleshooting medical devices including: equipment operation, application, normal and abnormal outcomes, tools, test equipment, simulators and analyzers. In addition to the technical skills of troubleshooting, the "soft" skills or "people" skills are investigated. How to communicate with others and the customer skills will be introduced. While working with medical equipment, individuals need to have an awareness of infection control and the steps that must be followed to protect them, the patients and co-workers. Cleaning, handling and general safety methods will be discussed.Topics covered include:- Safety procedures• Skill set requirements -Test equipment, simulators, analyzers and tools -Troubleshooting methods -Troubleshooting components -Troubleshooting systems -Troubleshooting medical equipment -Hands on troubleshooting skills -Customer skills -Infection Control