EBME Forums Forums Management Medical Equipment Management Definition of parts, consumables and disposable.

In Malaysia, they sometimes misinterpret and confusing the definition. The intention is to maximize the parts list and minimize consumable list. In Malaysia, all government hospital were maintained by concession company (CC). Parts have to be borne by CC and consumable by hospital.

By using your example, hospital claimed SPO2 probes and cuffs as parts and not consumables.