was accepted. Yet, the practice was a statistically significant quality indicator and more than half of the respondents did not utilize this factor. Other recommendations include budgeting for equipment manuals so that BMETs can have access to critical maintenance conveniently equipment and/or available should also repair in a information department that a
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interdepartmental collaboration to help reduce HAI and other adverse events. Ultimately, healthcare policymakers must consider local, internal mechanisms that optimize resources with more immediate impact than many regulatory bodies that monitor medical facilities but cannot consistently mobilize enforcement measures and adherence to their directives. Therefore, administrative management could mitigate hospital-acquired infections by creating an annual infection control training program that communicates local infection control rates, provides training on national and local infection control policies, and provides instruction of how the BMET might educate staff in proper protocols to reduce transmission of disease via medical equipment. BMET training and interaction with nursing professionals may also provide alternatives to the nursing practice of ‘hiding’ equipment (e.g., infusion pumps, biliblankets) so that the items could be readily available when physicians order medication or treatment for patients. Other Pertinent Findings Preliminary reliability analysis on the BEI survey revealed a Cronbach ? in the sub-scale for Medical Equipment Complexity (MEC) at
repository. Purchase requisitions for new stipulate minimum of three manuals should accompany the item—one that remains in the room with the equipment, one for quality control, and one with the CE/BMET department. Study Implications The implications of these results have led to several recommendations for external and internal policy, foremost of which is the perception about the existence of Uniform Standard previously discussed. Two additional policy implications based on the survey results assessing Regulatory Reporting and Regulatory Application, indicate that despite the ability of the BMET to apply regulatory policy, about one-third of the respondents do not have access to data on hospital-acquired infections. Knowledge of the actual facility infection rates may allow the BMET to introduce additional sterilization processes