Avaliação da gestão de equipamentos médicos de alta criticidade no Centro de Diagnóstico por Imagem do Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes (HUOL)

Abstract

The effective management of medical diagnostic imaging equipment plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality of healthcare services, especially in units that perform imaging diagnostics, due to the high criticality and complexity of these devices. These pieces of equipment are essential for accurate diagnoses, directly impacting treatments and patient safety. Moreover, failures in these devices can lead to delays in care and increased maintenance costs. Therefore, efficient management, with continuous monitoring and appropriate preventive and corrective maintenance, ensures the proper functioning and reliability of these devices in the hospital setting. Based on the above, this study evaluated the management of high-criticality medical equipment at the Imaging Diagnostic Center of the Onofre Lopes University Hospital (HUOL). As a result of the research, it was observed that although it is a structured system, there is a need to increase the frequency of preventive maintenance, ensuring more effective and efficient management of the equipment, due to issues found, such as recurring failures in critical components, causing long periods of downtime that directly impacted the quality of services provided.