Hi all, We are Trained for service on complete range of M6 & M7 Howard Wright patient beds. This includes Electrical & Mechanical repair and service maintenance.
We are New Zealand based so if there are any issues that we can help with please get in touch. Regards, Nick +642102307076 Sent from my iPad On 22/01/2013, at 2:50 PM, "Ray Bowles" <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > > Beds and Lifters are medical devices so should be tested to AS/NZS 3551:2012. > > I acknowledge that all Hospitals seem to have different arrangement but at > our site we do the equipment checking and maintenance where it is electrical > in nature , such as batteries, actuators and controllers but any mechanical > work we handball to the Engineering fitter who is becoming quite experienced > in bed repair. PM’s are done in the wards with their assistance in making > them available. > There can however be a problem in “extracting” service information from some > suppliers which can cause some angst as we would all like to test and > maintain equipment as near as possible to the manufacturers recommendations. > > Regards > > > Ray Bowles | Chief Biomedical Engineer > Goulburn Valley Health > t: 03 5832 3130 | m: 0407 322 037 | e: [email protected] > Goulburn Valley Health | Graham St | Shepparton Vic 3630 > w: http:/www.gvhealth.org.au > > > > > From: Christopher White [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 21 January 2013 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [bmelist] PM and CM of Patient Beds and Lifters > > Hi All, > > I was just after some advice on electrical patient beds. Here at Royal Darwin > we have several Howard Wright M6 & M7 type beds. Mid last year it was decided > our Biomedical Department were best suited to manage the maintenance of these > assets. Currently the corrective and preventative maintenance services on > patient beds and lifters are outsourced but I wanted to know what other > hospitals are doing and if any are in similar situations. > > Do any other Biomedical Departments manage patient beds and lifters > themselves and is the maintenance performed on site or in a workshop? > > Are other hospitals electrical safety testing these beds and lifters to > AS/NZS 3551:2012 or AS/NZS 3760:2010? > > Kind Regards, > > Chris White | Workshop Supervisor Biomedical Engineering > Top End Hospital Network | Department of Health > Royal Darwin Hospital | PO Box 41326, Casuarina NT 0811 > phone: (08) 89228205 | fax: (08) 89228712 > email: [email protected] > This communication is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. The > information contained in this communication may be confidential information. > If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, > distribution, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and > prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived > or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this > communication in error, please destroy it and notify the sender by return > email. >
