Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2012 Apr;31(4):345-8. doi: 10.1590/s1020-49892012000400012.
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January 2010 devastated the capital city of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area. The area's hospitals suffered major structural damage and material losses. Project HOPE sought to rebuild the medical equipment and clinical engineering capacity of the country. A team of clinical engineers from the United States of America and Haiti conducted an inventory and assessment of medical equipment at seven public hospitals affected by the earthquake. The team found that only 28% of the equipment was working properly and in use for patient care; another 28% was working, but lay idle for technical reasons; 30% was not working, but repairable; and 14% was beyond repair. The proportion of equipment in each condition category was similar regardless of whether the equipment was present prior to the earthquake or was donated afterwards. This assessment points out the flaws that existed in the medical equipment donation process and reemphasizes the importance of the factors, as delineated by the World Health Organization more than a decade ago, that constitute a complete medical equipment donation.
2010 年 1 月 12 日，海地发生 7.0 级地震，重创了太子港和周边地区。当地医院遭受了严重的结构破坏和物资损失。希望工程组织寻求重建该国的医疗设备和临床工程能力。一个由来自美国和海地的临床工程师组成的团队对受地震影响的七家公立医院的医疗设备进行了清查和评估。该团队发现，只有 28%的设备能够正常运行并用于患者治疗；另有 28%的设备虽然能够运行，但由于技术原因闲置；30%的设备无法运行，但可修复；14%的设备已无法修复。无论设备是地震前存在还是地震后捐赠的，每种情况类别的设备比例都相似。这一评估指出了医疗设备捐赠过程中存在的缺陷，并再次强调了十多年前世界卫生组织所界定的构成完整医疗设备捐赠的各项因素的重要性。
