Hello Sue,
I am happy to speak to your students on a teams meeting if they want ask me questions. I have a couple of Masters students that I am currently supervising. One is doing his project on Maintenance, the other is looking at utilisation.
I was at a thought leadership meeting this with Mindray and a few senior managers from the NHS on Tuesday this week.
With regard to carrying out PM's the majority of us could see that probably >75% of devices that currently receive PM's don't need them under a risk based PM regime (mentioned by Geoff) The 2021 guidance allows for risk and audit types of maintenance systems.
Also, many manufacturers state their equipment is maintenance free, and yet hospitals still carry out unecessary calibration checks and electrical safety tests. I am all for not wasting time doing PM's Don't do them unless they are deemed a requirement by the OEM.
