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Contents
1. Summary 2
2. Introduction 3
3. Responsibility of anaesthetists and Trust or other
healthcare providing organisation 4
4. Standards 8
5. Responsibility of manufacturers and suppliers 10
6. Choosing and trialling equipment 12
7. Public sector procurement regulations and directives
and the process of purchasing 15
8. Commissioning new equipment 19
9. Shared equipment 20
10. Maintenance 21
11. Replacement 24
12. Disposal 25
13. User training 27
14. Incident reporting and investigation 30
15. Audit 33
Glossary of acronyms 33
References 35
Useful numbers and websites 37
To be reviewed by 2015
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