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Health products policy and standards Medical equipment is used for the specific purposes of diagnosis and treatment of disease or rehabilitation following disease or injury; it can be used either alone or in combination with any accessory, consumable or other piece of medical equipment Medical equipment excludes implantable, disposable or single-use medical devices
Core medical equipment - World Health Organization (WHO) “Core medical equipment” refers here to technologies that are commonly considered as important or necessary for specific preventive, diagnostic, treatment or rehabilitation procedures carried out in most health care facilities
Health products policy and standards Regulation is primarily concerned with enabling patient access to high quality, safe and effective medical devices, and avoiding access to products that are unsafe When appropriately implemented, regulation ensures public health benefit and the safety of patients, health care workers and the community
Medical equipment maintenance programme overview WHO Medical device technical series A maintenance strategy includes procedures for inspection, as well as preventive and corrective maintenance Performance inspections ensure that equipment is operating correctly, safety inspections ensure the equipment is safe for both patients and operators, and preventive maintenance (PM) aims to extend the life of the equipment and reduce failure rates
Trainings for medical devices - World Health Organization (WHO) Trainings for medical devices As part of the COVID-19 response WHO developed a series of training videos for medical equipment related to oxygen therapy The videos include the the different steps during equipment lifecycle (Figure 1)
Health products policy and standards The nomenclature of medical devices is a coding system used to generically identify medical devices and related health products
Introduction to medical equipment inventory management The documents address medical equipment inventory management, maintenance, and computerized maintenance management systems Each of these documents can be used as a stand-alone document, but together they present all of the factors to consider when developing a medical equipment maintenance programme
Maintenance manual for laboratory equipment Access to Assistive Technology and Medical Devices (ATM), Access to Medicines and Health Products (MHP), Health Product Policy and Standards (HPS), Medical Devices and Diagnostics (MDD)
Care, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of respiratory devices This can be done with chemical and or heating activities depending on the nature of the type of equipment, disinfectant used and processes selected The disinfection approach should be selected based on its documented effectiveness with different microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria and fungi that might be contaminating the device Chemicals used should have a sanitary registration for