Hi Geoff,
Thanks for the interest. The point I made about the difference between library issues and clinical engineering views is highlighted by the forum item on RFID tracking. It started with a question from Bob Perkins about the use of RFID tracking of library items. It appears now to be about types, quality, etc. of tracking systems. Hence my comment "boys toys". Also, in a working library, the main interest has to be about the "customer" who walks through the door with a request. As such, libraries should be "organic" in growth to reflect customer requests.
The growth of UHW library would be too long to tell here. However, there are two main points. Firstly. all infusion pump ownership was transferred to the library on day one. Secondly, the people who had to find pumps out of hours prior to the library, the SNPs, were recruited to run the out of hours service,
Regards,
David L.
