· Lack of Consultant Usage
· High Standards
· Self Dependent
· Reliable
· Regulatory Knowledge
· Loyal
· Safety Knowledge
· Stability
· Asset Management
· Vendor Relations
· Positive Work Environment
· Good Working Relationships with Other Dept.
· Rapid Response
2. WEAKNESSES
· Lack of advanced training on Imaging and Lab
Equipment
· Need more management involvement in helping
hospital plan for future
· 50/50 for lead tech is non-existent, puts more work
on sole biomedical equipment technician
3. OPPORTUNITIES—Internal
· X-Ray
· Lab
· Mammography
· CT/MRI
· Ultrasound
3A. OPPORTUNITIES—External
· Clinics—Vet care facilities
· 140+ Public Access Defibrillator program
equipment in inventory plus we maintain
uninterrupted power supplies, blood pressure cuffs,
electronic thermometers, wall suction units,
otoscopes, instrument/medication carts, battery
chargers, digital cameras, and flow meters. These are
all non-inventory controlled items. This projects out
to approximately 500 labor hours per year.
Current staffing would show available hours to
perform maintenance at 5458 hours, short fall of
1000 hours. An additional 400 hours of labor time
would be utilized to perform maintenance on
Radiology [MRI, CT, and Mammography] and
Ultrasound Equipment (see figures in projected FTE
break down in next section).
This brings the total to relatively 3.9 FTEs in order
to move to an effective in-house maintenance
program and sustain equipment safety to our staff
and patient demographics.
Annual
Hours
Direct Labor Hours
Scheduled
Unscheduled
Non-inventory
Total Available Hours
2946
2012
500
5458
Indirect labor Hours
work week / year
2080
SLH
360
4. THREATS
# hours in shop
1720
· 3rd Party/outside vendor service contracts
Productivity multiplier
0.80
actual hours worked
1376
GAP ANALYSIS
Labor hour standards for Clinical Engineering are # requisite FTEs
3.96
typically two hours per piece of equipment per
technician per year. The typical Clinical Engineering
technician will perform maintenance 70% of his/her This FTE value aligns with other clinical
time based on 2080 hours per year. The other 30% is engineering departments within our region (see peer
vacation, sick time off, training, and other in-house figures extracted from other similar size facilities
administrative duties. This calculates to 1376 and their hospital FTEs authorized versus actual
available hours spent maintaining equipment per FTEs assigned list.
technician per year.
Currently, we have approximately 1615 pieces of