Avaliação das instalações elétricas de centro cirúrgico: estudo de caso: Hospital Universitário da UFMS / Surgery center electrical system evaluation: case study: UFMS Universitary Hospital.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

During years the UFMS Universitary Hospital Surgery Center has been seen the local patients and has given support to the university medical curses. It has been experienced expansions in its infrastructure to improve patient treatment and to provide suitable work conditions to employees. Most changes in the electrical system likely have been performed without taking into consideration some regulations because it is not possible to stop some essential activities. Besides, the evolution of new technologies has been accompanying by power quality disturbances, like harmonics, that can interfere in equipment work. The aim of this research was an evaluation to determine some surgery center electrical system and electrical medical equipment work problems that can endanger the activities and employees/patients safety. The methodology included on-site inspections, interviewing with employees and harmonics monitoring. Some deficiencies in surgery center infrastructure has been noticed, like no emergency energy source that works immediately; inefficiency of grounding systems and semiconductive floors, besides the electromagnetic interference problems in equipment. The harmonic distortion levels recorded were according to international regulations that were just used to compare values, because there are no Brazilian regular documents to electrical medical equipment yet. Recommendations were made on the results to mitigate, to prevent and to solve some problems and the importance of Clinical Engineering professionals for hospitals was emphasized.

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engenharia eletrica biomedical equipment surgery center engenharia clinica clinical engineering equipamentos eletromédicos centro cirúrgico

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