Wyper D J, Porter D, Etchells A H, Fleck A, Kenny A P, McLelland A S
Ann Clin Biochem. 1979 Sep;16(5):240-8. doi: 10.1177/000456327901600163.
The main operational and financial aspects of the maintenance service provided by the West of Scotland Health Boards' Department of Clinical Physics and Bio-Engineering (DCPB) to the clinical chemistry laboratories in the region are described. The scheme, in operation since March 1976, covers all breakdown servicing and engineering preventive maintenance for Technicon Auto-Analyzer equipment valued at pounds 1 1/4 million in terms of direct replacement costs. The engineering team works closely with the laboratory staffs to ensure that the performance of the equipment is maintained to specification. The direct economies for the Health Boards through savings in maintenance contract charges total around pounds 60,000 per year. In addition, considerable sums have been saved by servicing, modifying, and constructing other instruments for the laboratories outwith the immediate remit of Technicon maintenance. Other economic and operational benefits which result from the scheme are commercially disinterested advice on equipment obsolescence and replacement, and redistribution between the laboratories of old but useful equipment to meet specific needs of the service in the region.
本文描述了苏格兰西部卫生委员会临床物理与生物工程部门（DCPB）为该地区临床化学实验室提供维护服务的主要运营和财务方面。该计划自1976年3月起实施，涵盖了所有故障维修以及对价值125万英镑（按直接更换成本计算）的Technicon自动分析仪设备的工程预防性维护。工程团队与实验室工作人员密切合作，以确保设备性能维持在规定标准。卫生委员会通过节省维护合同费用每年直接节省约6万英镑。此外，通过为Technicon维护直接范围之外的实验室维修、改造和制造其他仪器，也节省了大量资金。该计划带来的其他经济和运营效益包括关于设备过时和更换的客观商业建议，以及在各实验室之间重新分配旧但仍有用的设备，以满足该地区服务的特定需求。
