Hi All, Forwarding this information on behalf of one of our Technicians.
Any advice is much appreciated. Chris White, Biomedical Engineering Supervisor RDH PO Box 40596 Casuarina NT 0811 Ph: 08 8922 8628 Fax: 08 8922 8712 Email: christopher.wh...@nt.gov.au ________________________________ From: Michael Tusche Sent: Friday, 14 September 2012 10:37 AM To: Christopher White Subject: FW: calibration of Medtronic Temporary pacemaker ________________________________ From: Michael Tusche Sent: Wednesday, 22 August 2012 2:19 PM To: 'bmelist@bme.asn.au' Subject: calibration of Medtronic Temporary pacemaker Hi, We have been advised that to calibrate our Medtronic 5388/5348 temporary pacemaker it needs to be sent to the USA every 12 months. We own a Sigma Pace 1000 that is able to test this device, but not perform calibration. If you are an owner of this pacemaker, do you send it overseas every year? We understand that a lot of owners don't... Any experience/advice is much appreciated. Thanks, Michael Tusche Biomedical Engineering Technician Department of Health Royal Darwin Hospital |PO Box 41326, Casuarina NT 0811 phone: (08) 89448338 | fax: (08) 8922 8712 email: michael.tus...@nt.gov.au
