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Yes, but Mr. *Micro Amp isn't too choosy about whether he's hiding in a patient monitor, a floor polisher, or (for that matter) the power supply for a Ninteno Wii.

And, as we all know, many "non-medical" items (PC's, printers, DVD recorders et al) are increasingly found in "medical systems" these days.

* Not to mention his wife, Milli.

Yes, the printers, DVD's etc are found in the equipment, but they are usually considered as a "system" Echo Ultrasound, Laproscopy Towers etc.

... and the Xbox?

Now your getting silly, and that's why I will stick to biomed equipment and let the other staff worry about their equipment.

No, not silly ... I've seen all such things on the wards in UK hospitals. Not to mention those damned "Patientline consoles", or whatever they're called (and I'm surprised that no-one else has mentioned).

D&E
Donny
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... and, the good news!

The issue of demarcation of responsibilities between "IT" (department, equipment) and "biomed" (similarly) has come up on another forum. So I hope I can be forgiven for re-opening this one on here after an hiatus of two years, just in case someone has something useful to add over (what is likely to be) this "slow news" weekend.

I hope I may also be forgiven for beginning a sentence with a conjunction (just in case RoJo is tuned in here).