thirteenth Day of AttAchMent

Started to learn how to call up the vendors to order the parts for devices. Initially, i had lots of butterflies in my stomach and nervous over a call to order parts. It is called quotation. I need to do quotation for a device's cable as the insulator seems to be broken and conductors were exposed. This caused the skillreporter for the manikin to be turned on for a while. Skill reporter is like a controller that indicates whether the participant is doing the correct way for CPR. I was introduced to this book, RS book, that shows the price list of various devices parts and test equipment and you are able to buy them by calling their number. The reason i was introduced is i am able to get the cable cheaper from the Laderal Medical which is the vendor for this device. However, after looking at the prices of the parts from RS, the price of individual parts are more expensive than the vendors so Mr Sin suggested that going to Sim Lim to buy the individual parts. I was wondering how come the cable seems to be in such a bad condition and Mr Sin told me that may be trolley went over the cable or pulling the cable instead of the connector to remove the skillreporter from the manikin. There may be one of the conductor broke in the cable to cause it malfunctioning.

Had vision Alignment which is a talk from a department every last wednesday of the month after my lunch. It is pretty interesting as it shows that jobs in hospitals available more than the people who applied job there so there is a higher demand of workforce in hospitals compared to the 1990s. It was a 40 minutes talk.

Went to MICU for checking the oxylog 2000 as the senior staff nurse felt that the devices need to be calibrated as the reading for the test check is more than the standard value which is 6+/-1 L/min. After 15 minutes, we found out that the value for the minute volume test in the checklist is like 5+/-1 which is different from the vendor's checklist for preventive maintenance so we called up to check. Mr Sin told Lee Chong that vendor's checklist is correct so we should trust it.

Went to Endoscopy department to return two endoscopes and loan an endoscope to them. i went with Lee Chong for commissioning a device in trial which is a dialysis machine which able to let the user know when it is the next preventive maintenance due and occlusion. A warmer is needed as to keep the blood warm to prevent the patient from having shock.