Healthcare providers worldwide are facing an increasingly competitive environment and, in response, are downsizing to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Providers that are unable or unwilling to become more efficient will close. To stay in business, healthcare institutions must consider the cost of medical equipment and plan accordingly. Policies based on sound principles and experience preve...

Course Information Organization Eastern Arizona College Division Industrial Technology Education Course Number TEC 151 Title Heavy Equipment Operation II Credits 6 Developed by B. Stephen Cullen, Ph.D. Lecture/Lab Ratio 3 Lecture/6 Lab Transfer Status Non-transferable Activity Course No CIP Code 49.0202 Assessment Mode Pre/Post Test (100 Questions/100 Points) Semester Taught Upon Request GE Cat...

In this century, medical imaging is at the heart of medical practice. Besides providing fast and accurate diagnosis, advances in radiology equipment offer new and previously non-existing options for treatment guidance with quite low morbidity, resulting in the improvement of health outcomes and quality of life for the patients. Although rapid technological development created new medical imagin...

and could be read with profit by anyone interested in the problem of hydramnios. The Morphologic Manifestations of Uptake of Materials by the Yolk Sac of the Pregnant Rabbit describes how colloidal gold, erythrocytes, cream, and protein, in the form of egg white, are absorbed by the yolk sac. There are several electron microphotographs which are used to illustrate some of the processes. The Dev...

Practical meiofauna work usually begins with sampling. Almost all investigators have considered the problems associated with sampling, and many have arrived at individualized solutions to their problems. However, certain concepts apply to all sampling methods. In this chapter we shall discuss these principles and describe the more common sampling methods and equipment for use in different habit...

Components of an Ultrasound Quality Assurance Program 257 Quality Assurance and Preventive Maintenance 257 Tissue-Mimicking Phantoms 257 Tissue Properties Represented in Phantoms 257 Typical Quality Assurance Phantom Design 257 Cautions About Phantom Desiccation 258 Basic Quality Control Tests 259 Visual Inspection 259 Transducer Choice 259 System Sensitivity 260 Photography and Gray-Scale Hard...

In January 2014, the Nagoya Proton Th erapy Center became the fi rst clinic in Japan to treat patients using proton spot scanning. Th e new system operates alongside two existing treatment rooms that started treating patients in February 2013 and use a passive scattering system. Th is means that the Nagoya Proton Th erapy Center now has three treatment rooms, two with rotating gantries and one ...

A new labelling system for use on medical equipment dispensers is tested. This system uses one of the objects stored in each unit of the dispenser as the 'label', by attaching it to the front of the dispenser with tape. The new system was compared to conventional written labelling by timing subjects asked to select items from two dispensers. The new system was 27% quicker than the conventional ...