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Valid for year : 2002
 
TBMT13 Technical Systems in Health Care, 4,5 ECTS credits.
/Tekniska system i sjukvården/

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  Advancement level (A-D): C

Aim:
The course, which is a clinical engineering management course, deals with organisation of clinical engineering activities. Safety of biomedical equipment as well as laws, rules and regulations governing design, marketing, installation, maintenance, and use of biomedical equipment is discussed. The course is specifically designed for those who aim for a biomedical engineering career in hospitals and industry.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
TBME 50 Biomedical Engineering TBME 02 Anatomy and Physiology

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures (30h), laboratory experiment (8h) and seminars (10h)

Course contents:
Management of medical equipment. Education of medical personal. Economy and quality assurance. Laws, regulations and standards. Safety and liability. Laboratory experiment: electrical power distribution and isolation properties (4h), security assurance of medical equipment(4h).

Course literature:
P Ask, �. �-berg (ed.): Teknisk säkerhet i sjukvården. A &W 1984. JG Webster. Medical Instrumentation, Application and Design. Houghton Mifflin Comp 1992.

Examination:
Written examination
Labratory work
2,5 p
0,5 p
 



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Last updated: 01/23/2003