Membership Report

Calls for articles

Clinical Engineering Benefits

Who are Clinical Engineers?

Editorial

Changes

BEAI membership of IFMBE. Patrick Pentony, Secretary BEAI.

IEC 60601-1, Charles O'Neill. ETCI TC10

Clinical Engineering Subject courses at the University of Liverpool. Shane Kelly.

An Introduction to Dialysis for Non-Renal Clinical Engineering Technicians. Frank Kelly.

Clinical Engineering Benchmarking. John Mahady.

Radiation Therapy - A Technology Perspective. John McGivney, Pat Cooney.

A profile of the Clinical Engineering Department at St. Vincents University Hospital. Tom Smyth.

Corporate Members

Draeger Medical

Unitech Ltd

Fannin Healthcare Ltd

Renew your membership

The BEAI would encourage those who were members in the past to re-apply and renew your membership with the BEAI. These are exciting times for the profession and with us all working towards the same goals

Calls for articles for the next issue of Spectrum

Articles on any aspect of Clinical Engineering or related topics are most welcome. If you would like to submit an article please contact a member of the publishing committee.

Clinical Engineering Benefits

• Cost savings to the institution (net of the in house employment and associated costs).
• The presence of expert personnel to ensure that equipment in the hospital conforms to relevant safety standards.
• Equipment is managed cost-effectively as a hospital asset. External contracts alone cannot fulfill this important aspect.
• Improved reliability of the hospital's equipment
• Impartial and expert advice to hospital management in the procurement of electromedical equipment.
• Opportunities to develop customised items of specialised equipment in the hospital which may also reduce costs.
• Providing employment opportunities for skilled graduates.

Who are Clinical Engineers?

A Clinical Engineer is a professional who supports and enhances patient care by applying engineering and managerial skills to health care technology. Clinical Engineering provides quality management of equipment technology and creates savings when operated effectively. Budgetary constraints provide a strong incentive for hospitals to create Clinical Engineering Departments.

Notes from the BEAI

EDITORIAL

A successful BEAI annual scientific meeting was held in Tullamore Co. Offaly this year. A detailed report of this meeting will be published in our next Spectrum edition. The Spectrum committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all involved in this publication and to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 03.

Cathal Gallagher.

Changes

We would like to congratulate Peter Grainger in his move from AMNCH Tallaght, to Naas General Hospital, Co. Kildare. Peter has been successful in his application for the head of department of the combined Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering Department.