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- PM completion rate
- Percentage calculated as PMs completed within the scheduled interval divided by PMs due in the same period, multiplied by 100; a core HTM performance indicator.
- Mean time between failures
- Total operating time divided by the number of failures in that period; measures the reliability of repairable equipment and supports interval and replacement decisions.
- Mean time to repair
- Total repair time divided by the number of repairs performed; reflects service responsiveness and the adequacy of spare parts, tools, and staffing.
- Equipment availability
- Fraction of time equipment is operable, computed as MTBF divided by the sum of MTBF and MTTR, usually expressed as a percentage of scheduled uptime.
- Alternative equipment maintenance
- Joint Commission-permitted practice of extending PM intervals beyond manufacturer recommendations using a documented, risk-based method approved by organizational leadership.
- CMMS
- Computerized maintenance management system: the database of record for asset inventory, work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, spare parts, and service history.
- Straight-line depreciation
- Annual expense equal to acquisition cost minus salvage value, divided by useful life in years; allocates cost evenly across the equipment's service life.
- Total cost of ownership
- Sum of acquisition, installation, maintenance, consumables, training, and disposal costs over the equipment's life; used to compare competing purchase options.
- Payback period
- Initial investment divided by annual net cash inflow; the number of years needed to recover the purchase cost, ignoring the time value of money.
- Net present value
- Sum of future cash flows discounted at the organization's cost of capital minus the initial investment; a positive result supports proceeding with the purchase.
- Capital versus operating budget
- Capital funds items above the capitalization threshold with multi-year life; operating funds cover consumables, parts, service contracts, and salaries.
- NFPA 99
- Healthcare Facilities Code: assigns patient care spaces to Categories 1 through 4 and sets electrical, medical gas, vacuum, and emergency power requirements.
- NFPA 101
- Life Safety Code: establishes egress, fire protection, and occupancy classification requirements that healthcare facilities must satisfy to protect building occupants.
- Safe Medical Devices Act
- Federal law requiring user facilities to report device-related deaths to FDA and the manufacturer, and serious injuries or illnesses to the manufacturer and FDA.
- IEC 60601-1
- International standard for basic safety and essential performance of medical electrical equipment; collateral 60601-1-2 addresses electromagnetic compatibility requirements.
- ANSI/AAMI EQ56
- Recommended practice describing elements of a medical equipment management program, including inventory, risk-based maintenance planning, and performance monitoring.
- NFPA 70E
- Standard for electrical safety in the workplace requiring arc flash risk assessment, appropriate personal protective equipment, and permits for energized work.
- FMEA risk priority number
- Product of severity, occurrence, and detection scores; ranks failure modes so the highest numbers receive corrective action first.
- Root cause analysis
- Retrospective, systems-focused investigation of an adverse event that identifies underlying process failures and corrective actions rather than individual blame.
- FDA Class I recall
- Recall of a device for which there is reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death; the most urgent FDA recall class.
- Sentinel event
- Unexpected occurrence involving death, serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof, which requires a root cause analysis.
- ISO 14971
- Risk management standard for medical devices that defines risk as the combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm.
- SBAR
- Structured communication tool standing for Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation; used for handoffs and escalation to reduce omitted information.
- SMART goal
- Goal format requiring Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound elements so that progress and completion can be objectively evaluated.
- Competency verification
- Documented demonstration that a person performs a task to a defined standard, usually by observation or testing, distinct from mere attendance at training.
- Critical path
- Longest sequence of dependent tasks in a project schedule; it sets the minimum project duration, and any delay on it delays completion.
- Thomas-Kilmann conflict modes
- Five approaches to conflict, namely competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, and accommodating, selected according to issue importance and relationship importance.
- HL7
- Messaging standard for exchanging clinical and administrative data between healthcare applications; the newer FHIR specification adds RESTful APIs and discrete resources.
- DICOM
- Standard defining the file format and network transfer protocols for medical images, enabling interoperability among modalities, archives, and viewing systems.
- IEC 80001-1
- Standard for risk management when medical devices are connected to IT networks, defining responsibilities shared among medical, IT, and device organizations.
- Network segmentation
- Practice of placing medical devices on separate VLANs or subnets with controlled routing so compromised systems cannot move freely across the clinical network.
- NIST CSF core functions
- Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover, with Govern added in version 2.0; organizes cybersecurity activities and supports maturity assessment.