first day
First day of the attachment seems quite fun. However, I was lost in the hospital as I am not sure where the human resources management is. After asking a few nurses, I finally get there. It seems like I am not the only one doing attachment in Alexandra Hospital as there is another girl who got attached to another department. After getting my nametag, one of the human resource personnel took me to the biomedical engineering workplace.
It is pretty cozy as the place is like a hut and the people there are pretty nice. MR Sin introduces some equipment that are used for safety checking such as the safety test analyzer which I believe that I will do it for my experiment in the next semester. MR Sin asked one of his colleagues to demonstrate how to use the equipment. Before demonstration, he told me that there are two safety guidelines to follow. The two guidelines are CEI IEC 60601-1 for the medical devices and CEI IEC 1010-2-020 for equipments for laboratory uses. For the medical devices, there are three classes that are class I (there is ground), class II (double insulation which means that it does not have a metal material on the external surface of the devices) and class IP (having a internal power supply). Sub-branches of these 3 classes are B (Body), BF (Body Float) and CF (Cardiac Float). These can be found on the label of the devices. For laboratory equipments, there are only two classes that are different from the medical devices. They have class II and I. However, they are using two probes as ground whereas medical devices using 1 probe for the safety test. For testing, we have to insert the 3 pins plug of the device to be checked to the safety test analyzer. If it is a class I, insert the ground plug to the ground of the analyzer. We have to key the type of the class that the device belongs to. After that, key in the devices serial number. Last but not least, press “Automatic” in order for the analyzer to test the devices itself. The history of the safety testing will be updated in the computer. This is done once in a year. We have to stick a sticker on the devices to indicate that we have checked it before.
MR Sin introduced me to the infusion pump that is being used for drugs such as morphine. There is a sensor in the pump. It will beep if there is no fluid flow that means there is air in line. This will result in discomfort to the patient.
The manuals of the medical devices are kept in 6 cabinets alphabetically. Inspecting the devices and applying license for some devices such as lasers and x-rays do commissioning of medical devices. Some devices are repaired either in the hospital or sent for repairing. Those equipments that are sent for repairing due to the spare parts are costly.
My senior, Afiq, dropped by to introduce the project that I have to do here which is collecting 14 Diabetic type 2 subjects which have neuropathy. This means that diabetic patients having numbness in the feet. He some sort of teach me how to write a medical protocol which we are not taught in poly so it is pretty much a new thing for me. He also taught me how to calibrate, capture and export the foot scan from the software and the experiment should carry out.
It is pretty cozy as the place is like a hut and the people there are pretty nice. MR Sin introduces some equipment that are used for safety checking such as the safety test analyzer which I believe that I will do it for my experiment in the next semester. MR Sin asked one of his colleagues to demonstrate how to use the equipment. Before demonstration, he told me that there are two safety guidelines to follow. The two guidelines are CEI IEC 60601-1 for the medical devices and CEI IEC 1010-2-020 for equipments for laboratory uses. For the medical devices, there are three classes that are class I (there is ground), class II (double insulation which means that it does not have a metal material on the external surface of the devices) and class IP (having a internal power supply). Sub-branches of these 3 classes are B (Body), BF (Body Float) and CF (Cardiac Float). These can be found on the label of the devices. For laboratory equipments, there are only two classes that are different from the medical devices. They have class II and I. However, they are using two probes as ground whereas medical devices using 1 probe for the safety test. For testing, we have to insert the 3 pins plug of the device to be checked to the safety test analyzer. If it is a class I, insert the ground plug to the ground of the analyzer. We have to key the type of the class that the device belongs to. After that, key in the devices serial number. Last but not least, press “Automatic” in order for the analyzer to test the devices itself. The history of the safety testing will be updated in the computer. This is done once in a year. We have to stick a sticker on the devices to indicate that we have checked it before.
MR Sin introduced me to the infusion pump that is being used for drugs such as morphine. There is a sensor in the pump. It will beep if there is no fluid flow that means there is air in line. This will result in discomfort to the patient.
The manuals of the medical devices are kept in 6 cabinets alphabetically. Inspecting the devices and applying license for some devices such as lasers and x-rays do commissioning of medical devices. Some devices are repaired either in the hospital or sent for repairing. Those equipments that are sent for repairing due to the spare parts are costly.
My senior, Afiq, dropped by to introduce the project that I have to do here which is collecting 14 Diabetic type 2 subjects which have neuropathy. This means that diabetic patients having numbness in the feet. He some sort of teach me how to write a medical protocol which we are not taught in poly so it is pretty much a new thing for me. He also taught me how to calibrate, capture and export the foot scan from the software and the experiment should carry out.
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