Can someone kindly spell out (for the benefit of my simple mind) what all this actually means? Am I right in thinking that the MIA listing simply indicates that the company is covered by an insurance policy? Is this a standard policy (
ie, is every company covered in the same way)? What does it cover?
No chance in meaning that it guarantees that the kit is actually serviceable and safe, and that a service history has been maintained and available for reference or review, I suppose?
I see lots of high-end surgical kit being trundled around in the back of vans by eager (eager for their commission, that is) young sales reps. I see kit proudly displaying "electrical safety" stickers from many different hospitals, as if they are being collected in the same way that my uncle's Ford Prefect used to have those little triangular stickers from seaside towns in the back window! Apart from that, does anybody technical ever run their eye over such vulnerable equipment, I wonder?