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—Engineering services;
—Staff accommodation.
Equipment needed to ensure that environmental conditions are appropriate
should be maintained, for example, heating and air-conditioning equipment.
The need for access to clinical services and physician admitting privileges
must be available if interventional procedures are carried out.
When the specified objectives include teaching and research activities, the
proximity of, or access to, other necessary facilities (such as the Internet, libraries
or laboratories) should be considered.
3.1.4. Equipment
3.1.4.1. Equipment policy
The types and numbers of items of equipment should correspond to the
objectives and scope of the facility’s operations as specified in the institution’s
quality manual. Policies and procedures should be documented and monitored
with regard to equipment, as follows:
—Purchase, usage and replacement 4 ;
—An inventory;
—Appropriate checks before use;
—Quality control;
—Maintenance, particularly with respect to safety and infection control;
—Data protection and backup.
The protection and maintenance of data and equipment should be ensured
by measures such as power fluctuation control devices, computer network
maintenance and use of backup facilities.
Equipment should only be used by authorized trained personnel. The types
of equipment to be documented include:
—Imaging equipment and modalities;
—Software and hardware for digital imaging and teleradiology;
—Auxiliary imaging equipment such as viewing devices and contrast pumps;
—Quality assurance phantoms and dosimetry equipment;
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The replacement of imaging equipment shall be consistent with the appropriate
regulatory requirements for radiation safety (see Section 5.1).
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