If You Give Your BMET* a Bagel

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If You Give Your BMET a Bagel

• BMET BioMedical Equipment Technician
• a.k.a. Biomed

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He may slow down long enough to tell you how
things are going. For example
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The product evaluation committee he sits on has
finally decided which defibrillator to purchase
for the new patient tower.
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And the antenna installation for the telemetry
system is right on schedule.
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You remind him that he will need to schedule a
time to inservice the staff on the patient
monitoring system after the software upgrade is
completed.
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While youre on the subject of scheduling, he
needs to know when he can have access to the
portable x-ray machine for preventive maintenance.
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Hell need some extra time to replace the
batteries this time around, but he was able to
find the exact same ones the manufacturer uses
for 1/3 the cost by researching alternate vendors.
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Before he leaves, youll ask him to take a look
at the non-invasive blood pressure monitor to see
if he can repair it.
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Fortunately, its just a leaky cuff which he can
easily replace from the Biomed parts inventory.
You tell him theres no rush it can wait until
tomorrow.
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On the way to the shop, hell pass by the
Hospital Administrator and the Risk Manager.
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The Risk Manager will tell him about a
devicerelated incident involving a ventilator.
Hell call one of his factory-trained technicians
to conduct an incident investigation immediately.
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Then the Administrator will question him about a
service contract proposal he received regarding
the lab equipment.
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Hell want to conduct a contract review. Since
his fellow technicians are already competent
working with centrifuges and microscopes, the
hospital can probably save money by having Biomed
take first call on those devices instead.
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Continuing on his way, hell stop to consult with
one of the Information Services gurus about
networking issues with the Radiology Information
System.
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A short while later, the manager of Central
Services will inform him that because of the high
patient census, theyll need to rent more
infusion pumps.
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Hell ask her to wait until he checks the
equipment inventory in their asset tracking
system first. He may know where some unused
pumps are hidden away.
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Arriving back at his department, he takes care of
his many responsibilities before the end of the
workday, but he makes sure the on-call tech has
his pager so Biomed can provide round-the-clock
coverage.
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First thing the next morning, he returns with
that blood pressure cuff he promised you.
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And he notices that another vendor has dropped
off some bagels for breakfastso you give your
BMET a bagel
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