For more years than I care to remember I have pondered the "perfect PM" (yes, sad I know). Surely PM procedures for medical equipment are similar to specifications for equipping projects? Simply put, they need to be well-written. Nice ones convey what has to be done briefly but without ambiguity. Poetry for sure. As with specs, it may be tempting to simply copy from manufacturers' literature, but this does not cut (and paste?) the mustard if we are seeking a tight, terse, style with a consistent format across the board (as an aside, specs also need to be generic, so as not to favour any one particular manufacturer or supplier, whilst also ensuring that they can actually be bid against).
Finding myself with a bit of time on my hands, I intend to crack on and produce, once and for all, a definitive set of generic PM procedures for medical equipment. These will be non-specific to any manufacturer or model, but (as I say), generic. Practical but concise, aimed at actually being used (rather than just collecting dust on the shelf, so to speak).
The PM database I use has a few restrictions. Namely, each procedure has 15 task lines of up to 60 characters each. Plus a single line for a note regarding tools and test equipment needed (it also has provision for up to 8 parts or stock items needed, but I digress). To simplify things a bit, I will default to frequencies of six months (180 day intervals).
Once finished, I expect I shall submit this masterpiece of fine art into the public domain, quite possibly through this very forum. Then everybody can have a go at ridiculing the whole thing, and (hopefully at least), adding their own improvements.
The bottom line is, if anyone has any "perfect PM's" that they're willing to donate for the good of mankind, I would be happy to receive same in order ease my task somewhat (we are, after all, talking about 700 procedures here).
Meanwhile, if anybody has already carried out this labour of love, and is willing and able to publish, better let us all know!
