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News Release from: Rigel Medical | Subject: Rigel 288 electrical safety analysers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2008
Electrical testers check medical
technology
The Rigel 288s will be used by Maquet Field Service Engineers to carry out routine test and inspection of a variety of electromedical equipment in hospitals throughout the UK.
A medical technology company has equipped its service engineers with new instrumentation designed to comply with the latest electromedical test standards Maquet has taken delivery of new Rigel 288 electrical safety analysers for use by its field service engineers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Rigel 288s will be used by Maquet Field Service Engineers to carry out routine test and inspection of a variety of electromedical equipment in hospitals throughout the UK.
Because the 288 allows both automatic and manual testing, the appropriate test specifications can be pre-configured in the safety analyser by senior engineers before hospital visits.
On site testing can then be carried out safely, speedily and efficiently by field engineers using direct bar code input of equipment ID and test parameters.
Among the medical equipment and applied parts regularly checked for electrical safety by Maquet engineers are surgical workplace equipment such as operating tables and lighting systems, ventilators and cardio pulmonary machines.
The Rigel 288's large internal memory facilitates the storage of test results for safety audit and traceability purposes.
Test data can be stored for downloading to a PC or output on site via a dedicated print module.
Maquet engineers use this facility to print out test results immediately after testing has been completed, supplying hospitals with a complete electrical safety record of their equipment at the end of every visit.
Colin Moralee, Regulatory Affairs Manager for Maquet in the UK, said: "The portability and versatility of the new Rigel 288 safety analysers is a real advantage for our service engineers who may otherwise have to be equipped with a number of different testers for different equipment and electrical safety tests.
"Initially the testers will be used by our critical care service team where the effective electrical safety testing of equipment such as ventilators and applied patient parts is crucial".
"However, the analysers will allow the failsafe testing of a wide range of different types of medical equipment by our engineering teams and will eventually be used by all service engineers as part of annual maintenance checks or testing after any repairs or modification of medical devices by EBME departments".
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