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(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Review the facility policies and procedures in regard to QA of equipment
(equipment purchase, usage and replacement, inventory, appropriate checks
before usage, QC, maintenance, particularly with respect to safety and
infection control, data protection and backup);
Check the measures for protection and maintenance of data and equipment,
and review documentary evidence of preventive maintenance programme;
Confirm that equipment usage is by trained and authorized personnel;
Examine storage facilities for consumables.
3.2.4.2. Equipment inventory
The audit team should:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Check that all types of the facility’s equipment are recorded in the
equipment inventory, including: imaging equipment/modalities, software
and hardware for digital imaging and teleradiology, auxiliary imaging
equipment such as viewing devices and contrast pumps, phantoms and
dosimetry equipment, medical support equipment such as wheelchairs and
trolleys, medical equipment for resuscitation, anaesthesia, sedation and
monitoring, and administrative equipment such as computers, printers and
software;
Check that sufficient information has been recorded for each piece of
equipment (see Section 3.1.4.2);
Review the inventories for contrast agents and drugs;
Check for control of medical gases;
Check procedures for tracking of implanted medical devices (e.g. stents and
coils);
Check for protection against power supply fluctuations;
Check for adequacy and maintenance of computer IT network, storage and
backup facilities.
3.2.5. Documentation control
The audit team should:
(a)
(b)
Check the master list of controlled documents and its contents for evidence
of unique identification of documents (e.g. date, version number, page
numbering and total number of pages) and issuing authority;
Check the availability of up to date documents in offices, imaging rooms,
etc.;
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