Hi Folks,
We've attempted to have an equipment library at North Middlesex Hospital. We purchased loads of infusion pumps for this purpose. The main problem is getting any thing back to loan out again and we've almost given up trying. If you phone the ward you find that they haven't got the loan equipment anymore. For example, it's been attached to the patient and has gone somewhere else but the ward staff can't tell you where!
I think the only way to deal with this without having some form of tracker device attached to the equipment is have regular walk round inspections of wards. Unfortunately, we can't afford to employ anyone to specifically do this.
Has anyone out there any other ideas?
