CONTRIBUTIONS OF CLINICAL ENGINEERING IN THE MAINTENANCE OF MECHANICAL VENTILATORS AND MULTIPARAMETRIC MONITORS IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN TERESINA–PI

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.3173412307128

• Palavras-chave: Clinical Engineering. Electrical medical equipment. Hospital maintenance.

• Keywords: Clinical Engineering. Electrical medical equipment. Hospital maintenance.

• Abstract:

  This article is a study on the contributions of Clinical Engineering to medical equipment maintenance services, during the Covid-19 pandemic in a hospital in Teresina/Piauí/Brazil, whose importance for the national scenario made the Hospital health network unit Poty River (HRP) a reference in the state. The research was quantitative in nature and a case study was carried out on electromedical equipment, analyzing mechanical ventilators and multiparametric or bedside monitors, observing maintenance, as well as research in the hospital (HRP). The main objective of this study is to present Clinical Engineering and to study its functionalities, identification of technical responsibility for maintenance, the choice of contribution methods and their role in the hospital area, analyzing the current scenario and characteristics of the equipment, the criticalities, and the main maintenance collected throughout the research. In this study we analyzed ICU equipment and emergency stations, different companies are needed to carry out maintenance, to facilitate the speed of the process, some measures were adopted to contribute even more to Clinical Engineering.