Evaluation of Medical Device Aging and Replacement Decisions within Hospital Environments: A User-Centered Approach.

IF 2 4区 医学 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-01 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.2147/RMHP.S478245
Sewon Park, Gihong Seo, Yoonseo Park, Eun-Ji Kim, Haengjun Lee, Munjae Lee, Mihajlo Jakovljevic
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the factors influencing medical device replacement decisions from a user-centered perspective: medical technicians, engineers, and healthcare professionals. We seek to prioritize criteria for medical device replacement and develop feasible strategies applicable to real-world healthcare settings.

Methods: This analysis was conducted by reviewing previous studies to identify the key factors in medical device replacements. The key variables were selected from the review, and the significant factors for analysis were determined.

Results: An analytic hierarchy process (AHP) analysis was used to compare and analyze the priority of medical device replacement, which revealed that clinical factors emerged as the crucial in medical device replacement decisions. Additionally, unlike medical technicians, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, for whom clinical factors are the primary considerations when replacing medical devices, safety is the most important factor for medical engineers.

Conclusion: Medical device obsolescence significantly affects patient safety and healthcare operations. Therefore, the maintenance plans for medical devices should focus on clinical factors. Moreover, a more systematic medical device replacement system must be established, prioritizing the factors according to the occupations of medical workers.

医院环境中医疗器械老化和更换决策的评估:以用户为中心的方法。
目的:本研究旨在以使用者为中心,探讨医疗技术人员、工程师和医疗专业人员对医疗装置更换决策的影响因素。我们寻求优先考虑医疗器械更换的标准,并制定适用于现实世界医疗保健环境的可行策略。方法:通过回顾以往的研究,找出影响医疗器械更换的关键因素。从综述中选取关键变量,确定重要因素进行分析。结果:采用层次分析法(AHP)对医疗器械更换的优先级进行比较分析,发现临床因素在医疗器械更换决策中起着至关重要的作用。此外,与医疗技术人员、医生、护士和药剂师不同,在更换医疗设备时,临床因素是主要考虑因素,而对医疗工程师来说,安全是最重要的因素。结论:医疗器械过时严重影响患者安全和医疗操作。因此,医疗器械的维护计划应关注临床因素。此外,必须建立更系统的医疗器械更换制度,根据医务人员的职业进行因素排序。
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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
CiteScore
6.20
自引率
2.90%
发文量
242
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: Risk Management and Healthcare Policy is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on all aspects of public health, policy and preventative measures to promote good health and improve morbidity and mortality in the population. Specific topics covered in the journal include: Public and community health Policy and law Preventative and predictive healthcare Risk and hazard management Epidemiology, detection and screening Lifestyle and diet modification Vaccination and disease transmission/modification programs Health and safety and occupational health Healthcare services provision Health literacy and education Advertising and promotion of health issues Health economic evaluations and resource management Risk Management and Healthcare Policy focuses on human interventional and observational research. The journal welcomes submitted papers covering original research, clinical and epidemiological studies, reviews and evaluations, guidelines, expert opinion and commentary, and extended reports. Case reports will only be considered if they make a valuable and original contribution to the literature. The journal does not accept study protocols, animal-based or cell line-based studies.
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