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Safety of Medical Technology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 450-2074/02
Abbreviation BZT
Course title Safety of Medical Technology
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Marek Gajovský

Subject syllabus

1. Gases used in healthcare, their physicochemical properties, effects on humans. The term \\\"medical gases\\\". Distribution and storage of medical gases, rules for the operation of cylinders.
2. Electrical and non-electrical distribution in the hospital. Electrical wiring, operating room control panel, replacement source.
3. Medical steam, air conditioning and air conditioning, laminar flow, germicidal lamps.
4. Controlled environments, laminar boxes
5. Medical facilities from the point of view of valid standards
6. Acquisition of health technologies, investment plans, public procurement requirements
7. Medical research, clinical evaluation of medical devices
8. Medical electrical system definition, measures against leakage current leakage, patient environment, functional device interconnection
9. Apparatus for storing biological material and medicaments at controlled temperatures
10. Revision of Electrical Equipment in Health Care, Ensure failure of electrical power supply of medical areas, UPS, aggregates
11. Safety use of ionizing radiation sources in diagnostics and therapy. Radiodiagnostics, radiotherapy and oncology.
12. Information and communication networks for the transfer of medical data.

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en

Literature

CADICK, John, Mary CAPELLI-SCHELLPFEFFER a DENNIS K. NEITZEL. Electrical safety handbook. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 9780071589123 .

Advised literature

Act No. 505/1990 Coll. Act on Metrology, as amended. Current version of 2017.
Standard EN ČSN 60-601 - Medical electrical equipment Part 1: General requirements for safety.
Standard EN – ČSN 62-353 Medical electrical equipment –
Recurrent test and test after repair of medical electrical equipment