A computerized system for equipment control and preventive maintenance

The Medical Engineering Laboratory of the University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital is responsible for service of and scheduled preventive maintenance on approximately 6000 pieces of patient-care and laboratory equipment. A database management computer program has been developed t increase the efficiency and accuracy with which equipment control records are maintained. The program has three major divisions: data files, update programs, and report programs. The date files are for storage of all records and tables; the update programs are for convenient data entry, corrections, and changes; the report programs are for creating all the forms, records, and reports associated with the equipment control program. Besides maintaining all of the identifying information, inspection results, and service reports on all of the medical equipment, the system can maintain the department's parts inventory records and prepare itemized bills.