AAMI 2018 Conference & Expo

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A Collaborative Approach to Downtime Planning for Medical Device Systems (Room CC, 102BC)

All medical device systems will experience downtime, whether planned or not. With the proliferation of medical device integration and interconnectivity, the downtime can have a significant impact not just on one system or one application, but on a multitude of hospital-wide systems. Careful, collaborative planning—which includes seamless communication as well as the development and use of practical policies and procedures, and sound change management—supports smooth downtime when scheduled. And such planning facilitates minimal impact on clinical and nonclinical operations when the downtime is unexpected.