Hi,nice to hear diiferent ideas.
Think about a hospital were we have more than 3000 assets(now I am refering to hospital in india where I was working before) and all the models are different.Do you think all the service manual will be available?If available also will it be possible to use all different chacklist for the PMs.Probably we will have around 400PM in a month and refering service manual and manufacturer checklist to perform PM will be a huge task,unless we have a maintanance contract with the supplier.The checking procedure for most of the medical equipments are same,any model you take the items whatever you check for a defibrillator or infusion pump etc will be the same.I strongly feel its easy and good to follow some common check list(for each type of equipment)for all models and manufacturers.Thats were I thought of ECRI's IPM procedures.How many of the suppliers are doing a proper PM with all test equipments and manufaturer checklist?I am not sure about in your cpuntries,but here in middle east or india the PMs done by the supplier usually documented with a single service report.
