Routine imaging equipment’s support

Proper care and maintenance of your X-ray equipment will help protect your financial investment and help you achieve optimal performance with your equipment. Following are 6 recommendations to maximize the ROI of your imaging equipment and keep it in optimal operation, thus obtaining better diagnostic results. These key recommendations are based on my 10 years of experience of servicing medical imaging equipment for Carestream customers.

Perform regular preventive maintenance
Use and manipulate equipment properly
Don’t overlook component care
Operate equipment within its technical specifications
Provide the optimum environment for your X-ray equipment
Use only approved cleaners and disinfectants on equipment exterior.

Operate equipment within its technical specifications

Knowing the technical specifications of your equipment will provide you with valuable information on the capabilities of your system. For example, you don’t want to overuse your low-volume equipment. Low-volume equipment may process information quickly, but it was designed for a certain level of patient volume. Proper use of the equipment will allow you to considerably reduce the amount of corrective maintenance. You can find your equipment’s technical specifications in the user manual you received with the equipment.

You also should continually evaluate equipment usage against its technical specifications. Keeping track of your volume and noting any changes will be useful to you when it is time to purchase new equipment.