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Metrologia em Ativos Físicos Hospitalares

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Base Knowledge

Basic knowledge of hospital physical assets.

Teaching Methodologies

The teaching approach follows an active learning methodology, promoting the analysis and discussion of key topics related to metrology in hospital physical assets. There will be seminars given by national experts in the field of metrology, and a study visit will be scheduled to a healthcare facility with an in-house metrology laboratory and/or to a company with an accredited metrology laboratory.

Learning Results

  1. Explain the fundamentals of legal and applied metrology in the hospital context;
  2. Differentiate metrology activities from maintenance activities;
  3. Analyze the role of metrology in the hospital environment;
  4. Identify the main equipment subject to metrological validation;
  5. Relate human physiology to the tolerance requirements of medical equipment;
  6. Interpret the legal obligations associated with metrological verification;
  7. Describe the operational requirements of an accredited laboratory;
  8. Apply international standards relevant to hospital metrology;
  9. Justify the need for safety verifications of medical equipment;
  10. Integrate metrology activities into the life cycle analysis of hospital assets;
  11. Explain the principles of equipment family management and the operational management of related activities.

Program

  1. Concept of metrology;
  2. Legal and applied metrology;
  3. Framing of metrology in maintenance activities;
  4. Medical equipment requiring Metrological validation;
  5. Human physiology and its relation to metrological needs;
  6. Applicable standards;
  7. Safety checks on equipment;
  8. Role of Metrology in the life cycle of medical equipment;
  9. Management of equipment families and work management.

Curricular Unit Teachers

Fernanda Madureira Coutinho

Grading Methods

The evaluation consists of reports of the seminars and / or study visits carried out as well as the preparation of a written work that constitutes a state of the art and reflection on one of the topics covered.


    Internship(s)

    NAO

    Bibliography

    Books

    1. Bucher, J. L. (Ed.). (2015). The metrology handbook (2nd ed.). ASQ Measurement Quality Division.
    2. Dyro, J. (Ed.). (2004). The clinical engineering handbook (1st ed.). Elsevier Academic Press.
    3. Moubray, J. (2001). Reliability-centred maintenance (2nd ed.). Industrial Press.

    Technical Documents

    1. Instituto Português da Qualidade and INMETRO. (2012). Vocabulário Internacional de Metrologia – Conceitos Fundamentais e Gerais e Termos Associados.
    2. Comissão Setorial para a Saúde CS/09 – GT1 Metrologia na Saúde do Instituto Português da Qualidade. (2015). A Metrologia na Saúde – Guia de Boas Práticas.
    3. Comissão Setorial para a Saúde CS/09 – GT1 Metrologia na Saúde do Instituto Português da Qualidade. (2016). A Metrologia na Saúde – Guia de Boas Práticas – Parte II, Capitulo I: Instrumentos de Medição da Pressão Arterial.
    4. Comissão Setorial para a Saúde CS/09 – GT1 Metrologia na Saúde do Instituto Português da Qualidade. (2016). A Metrologia na Saúde – Guia de Boas Práticas – Parte II, Capitulo II: Termómetros Clínicos.
    5. Comissão Setorial para a Saúde CS/09 – GT1 Metrologia na Saúde do Instituto Português da Qualidade. (2017). A Metrologia na Saúde – Guia de Boas Práticas – Parte II, Capitulo III: Bombas de Perfusão.
    6. Comissão Setorial para a Saúde CS/09 – GT1 Metrologia na Saúde do Instituto Português da Qualidade. (2021). A Metrologia na Saúde – Guia de Boas Práticas – Parte II, Capitulo IV: Desfibrilhadores.

    Standards and Regulations

    1. International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission. (2017). ISO/IEC 17025: General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
    2. International Organization for Standardization. (2015). ISO 9000: Quality management systems – Fundamentals and vocabulary.
    3. International Organization for Standardization. (2005). ISO 10012: Gestão de equipamentos de monitorização e medição.
    4. Parlamento Europeu e Conselho da União Europeia. (2017). Regulamento (UE) 2017/745 relativo aos dispositivos médicos. Jornal Oficial da União Europeia.
    5. Parlamento Europeu e Conselho da União Europeia. (2017). Regulamento (UE) 2017/746 relativo aos dispositivos médicos para diagnóstico in vitro. Jornal Oficial da União Europeia.