ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital
ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital
Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering Department Staff Members Chief Clinical Engineer Principal Clinical Engineering Technician Senior Clinical Engineering Technician Tom Smyth AENG, AMIEI Derek Farrell Frank Kelly AEng, AMIEI; IENG, MIHEEM David Farrell BSc John Harte Aidan O’Connor Declan Murray MSc Service Developments/Activities • Preparation for forthcoming projects, equipping • Compiling comprehensive equipment specifications • Advising on and evaluating new equipment purchases • Continuously updating information on EEC Directives • Continuous liaison with health and safety including product alerts • Quality control, liaising with Irish Medicines Board • Technical Specifications for all new electro-medical equipment • We welcome the appointment of David Farrell as part of the team Academic Achievements Tom Smyth was awarded the title of Associate Engineer with Engineers Ireland. We currently have some members of staff registered with The Institution of Engineers which is the professional representative body for Clinical Engineering in Ireland and as such by act of the Oireochtas in 1969 are entitle to award the title Return to Contents 124
St. Vincent’s Healthcare Group Limited - Annual Review 2007 Allied Health Professionals of Chartered Engineer, Associate Engineer, and Engineering Technician of the Institution, confined to suitably qualified candidates. We also have applied for CPD Accreditation with The Institution of Engineers and are at an advanced stage of the award.. Publications: Poster “Poster Project Management of a New Dialysis Centre” BEAI Annual Scientific Meeting Tullamore. Frank Kelly, Derek Farrell “Profile of SVUH Clinical Engineering Department” BEAI Spectrum Tom Smyth et al. Meetings attended: Frank Kelly attended EDTNA/ERCA Florence Italy Aidan O Connor attended the Irish Cardiac Society Meeting Belfast. John Harte attended the Critical Care Meeting UK Tom Smyth attended Medica Düsseldorf Departmental Statistics The Department has continuously succeeded in producing considerable savings in equipment repairs and planned preventative maintenance by adopting the policy of only outsourcing maintenance when absolutely necessary. We plan to introduce a new I.T. solution to our method of equipment management. This will be in place by April 08 and will also serve to greatly assist the task of equipping all new projects. The Equipment Library is at an advanced stage and we hope to be in a position to offer this service soon. Return to Contents 125
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Medical Physics and Clinical<br />
Engineering Department<br />
<strong>St</strong>aff Members<br />
Chief Clinical Engineer<br />
Principal Clinical Engineering Technician<br />
Senior Clinical Engineering Technician<br />
Tom Smyth AENG, AMIEI<br />
Derek Farrell<br />
Frank Kelly AEng, AMIEI; IENG, MIHEEM<br />
David Farrell BSc<br />
John Harte<br />
Aidan O’Connor<br />
Declan Murray MSc<br />
Service Developments/Activities<br />
• Preparation for forthcoming projects, equipping<br />
• Compiling comprehensive equipment specifications<br />
• Advising on and evaluating new equipment purchases<br />
• Continuously updating information on EEC Directives<br />
• Continuous liaison with health and safety including product alerts<br />
• Quality control, liaising with Irish Medicines Board<br />
• Technical Specifications for all new electro-medical equipment<br />
• We welcome the appointment of David Farrell as part of the team<br />
Academic Achievements<br />
Tom Smyth was awarded the title of Associate Engineer with Engineers Ireland. We currently have some<br />
members of staff registered with The Institution of Engineers which is the professional representative body<br />
for Clinical Engineering in Ireland and as such by act of the Oireochtas in 1969 are entitle to award the title<br />
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