WORK OF BIOMEDICAL DEPARTMENT IN KLES HOSPITAL, Belgaum

• Management and performance of Breakdown Maintenance (Repair) biomedical equipments.


• Management and performance of Planned Preventive Maintenance of Biomedical equipments.


• Calibration, Performance verification and certifications of Biomedical equipments.


• Utility certification: During installation of sophisticated equipments, Biomedical Engineers assess the utility needs of equipments viz. tonnage of AC, electrical power, drainage system required and generate feasibility report.


• Planning &. installation for all types of sophisticated Bio Medical equipments.


• Creation of Computerized database: dynamic software for maintaining work-order, inventory of equipments, preventive maintenance schedule and technician time.


• Pre purchase evaluation & Negotiation in Procurement: Analysis of equipment characteristics in clinical environment ensures technical and clinical acceptability.


• Incoming inspection of equipments: Using specialized testing and calibration of equipments for electrical safety, proper calibration and operational verification.


• Planning and procurement of spare parts required for BM/PM PPM.


• Management of maintenance contract: Analysis of equipment failure and assessment of repair cost, scheduling of repair/PM visits, documentation and monitoring of equipment uptime, review of maintenance contract in terms of quality and responsiveness of service provider to make decision on modification of service contract terms.


• Equipment Retirement Process: Biomedical Engineers also determines the optimal lifespan of healthcare organization's technology and its aging, out-modeled and inappropriately costly instrumentation is retired in accordance with a rational equipment replacement policy. Integral with this plan is the Biomedical Engineer's role in advising whether to shift to a newer, more innovative technology or to stay with the tried and true one.


• Equipment Risk Management: This is an area, which is developing at a rapid pace in western hospital. This tool allows the Biomedical Engineer to deploy the technical resources in a cost effective manner. In addition to the direct economic benefits, safety gets enhanced as the more problematic equipment is identified, tagged with a higher risk rating and scrutinized more frequently.


• Conducting training program for trainee engineers & Customers/User and also for students.


• Technical Documentation and Analysis.

INFORMATION ABOUT KLES HOSPITAL & MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE

KLE hospital is 1500 bedded hospital. It is an institution for comprehensive and dedicated medical care. Conceptualized by a visionary, meticulously planned and painstakingly designed, KLES Hospital & Medical Research Centre sets ultimate standards in both medical treatment and patient comfort.

SPECIALITY SERVICES IN KLES
Arthroscopy & Joint Replacement Centre, Assisted Reproduction Centre, Cardiology, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Facio-Maxillolar Surgery, Child development unit, Diabetes unit, Immunology, Rheumatology, Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, Neuro surgery, nephrology, Neonatology, Paediatric surgery, Perinatology, Plastic surgery, Respiratory medicine, urology.

DEPARTMENTS IN KLES
Artificial limb centre, Anaesthesiology, Dermatology, ENT, Dermatology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, General surgery, Orthopaedics, Opthalmology, Paediatrics, Physiotherapy, Psychiatry, Radio diagnosis, Microbiology, General medicine, Telemedicine, Outpatient Departments, operation theatres and Patient wards.

24 HOUR SERVICES
Accident & Emergency unit, Clinical Laboratory, Pharmacy , Haemotology & pathology units, Blood Bank, Ambulance, Biochemistry unit.

SUPPORT SERVICES IN KLES
Biomedical department, IT department, Central sterilization department, House keeping, Sewage treatment unit, Kitchen, Medical records department.

CONTACT ADDRESS
K.L.E.S. Hospital & Research Centre, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum - 590001 KARNATAKA, INDIA
Telephone No : 0091-831-473777 FAX : 0091-831-470732

Email :
medicaldirector@klehospital.org,
klehospital@dataone.in,
medicaldirectorkle@dataone.in
Web Site : www.klehospital.org