Improvement process evidenced in preventive maintenance in hospital equipment

Abstract

Currently, where the political and economic situation of the country directly impacts the health area, hospitals are

required to improve their performance in a structured and sustainable way. Thus, from the point of view of engineering

and administration of health technology, this work presents how the periodicity with which preventive maintenance

routines can be redefined, with gains for the hospital organization and without harm to the patient, based on objective

criteria. This work shows how preventive maintenance for the different time periods such as: daily, weekly, monthly, and

annual were eff ective for improving the life of the autoclaves of three different hospital units in the city of São José dos

Campos-SP. We analyzed 15 autoclaves devices divided into two terms regarding volume. The devices with volumes of

12 and 42 liters were identifi ed as mark 1 and the devices with volumes of 19 liters were identifi ed as mark 2. After the

implementation of preventive maintenance of these autoclaves, the results regarding the number of patient visits increased

5% and 2% for brands 1 and 2, respectively, in addition to the decrease in the active time of these devices, decreasing

from 87% to mark 1 and 75% to mark 2 per year. It was concluded that preventive maintenance responds better to the

cost-benefit of the autoclaves studied.

Keywords: Equipment management; Continuous Improvement, Management