Medical Equipment Management Manual, 2009 edition

The 2009 edition of this best-selling manual provides up-to-date essential guidance on how to comply with Joint Commission medical equipment management requirements. It's expressly designed to keep a hospital's medical equipment management program in complete and continuous compliance with Joint Commission standards. For 2009, the Joint Commission has reworded, revised, reformatted, resequenced, consolidated, or deleted every standard in their accreditation manuals. This 2009 edition incorporates all of these changes. The manual serves as an excellent resource for designing, managing, and improving a clinical engineering function. It includes: An explanation of the Joint Commission's Standard Improvement Initiative The complete text of all medical equipment management and related standards In-depth discussion of the thorniest issues in the standards A detailed template for writing your own medical equipment management plan Recommendations and examples of the documentation required in certain standards A description of the survey and accreditation process A recommended system for staying prepared for an unannounced survey Appendices with definitions of the Joint Commission's unique terms, a "crosswalk" from the old to the new standards numbering, and a listing of other accrediting agencies and their standards