HTSP case studies

HTSP · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Healthcare Technology Safety Professional (HTSP) credential is aimed at people who keep medical equipment safe and effective inside care facilities: biomedical equipment technicians and clinical engineers, but also safety officers, facilities and IT staff who share responsibility for devices on the network. It tests whether you can reason across the whole device lifecycle rather than just repair a box. The HTSP case studies are 5 cases and about 4,888 words.

Infusion Pump Fleet Replacement: Age Is Not a Risk Score

You are the HTM director for a 410-bed community hospital. The fleet includes 520 syringe infusion pumps used across med-surg, ICU, and oncology.

941 words, about 5 min 2

Tingling at the Bed Rail in an Isolated-Power ICU

A 58-year-old patient in a 14-bed MICU on telemetry tells the nurse he feels a tingling sensation in his fingers when he grips the left side rail of his electric bed. Fifteen minutes later a nurse reports a brief "bite" when she used the bed's hand control to raise the head of the bed.

987 words, about 5 min 3

Class I Defibrillator Recall Nine Days Before the Vendor Arrives

You are the HTM manager at a 300-bed hospital. On Monday at 08:00 the defibrillator vendor sends an urgent Medical Device Correction letter: a firmware defect can cause the device to enter a service mode and fail to charge after a specific sequence of battery removal and reinsertion.

1,011 words, about 5 min 4

Ransomware on a Vendor Laptop Inside the MRI Network

You are the HTM director at a 550-bed hospital. At 02:14 the security operations center alerts on ransomware behavior originating from a vendor field service laptop that has been left connected to the radiology network segment for three days.

999 words, about 5 min 5

A PCA Oversedation Event the Team Wants to Close as Nurse Error

A 72-year-old man on postoperative day one is found at 06:10 unresponsive to voice with a respiratory rate of 6 and SpO2 of 84%. Naloxone is given and he recovers.

950 words, about 5 min