Mise en place d’une nouvelle stratégie d’acquisition des
systèmes d’endoscopie flexible du CISSS des Laurentides
The management of flexible endoscopy systems is a major challenge for all Quebec hospitals offering diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy services. The incompatibility of the endoscopic technologies (endoscopes, processors and light sources) among manufacturers on the market makes the management of this equipment very complex. In addition, because of the high biomedical capital and exploitation costs associated with flexible endoscopes, effective management of their acquisition and maintenance becomes more essential. The CISSS des Laurentides is among the many institutions facing difficulties in managing their fleet of endoscopic equipment. It’s with this in mind that this project has been put in place. It enabled the development of a new strategy for an efficient acquisition and maintenance of flexible endoscopy equipment. The new strategy proposed in this report eliminates partial or complementary replacements of endoscopes in a park of endoscopes across sites. The CISSS des Laurentides is fortunate to have five hospitals performing endoscopy exams, thus totalling a large amount of endoscopes. By deploying the endoscopes in a way to obtain endoscopic parks of similar age in the same hospital, it becomes then possible to perform complete replacements of all the endoscopes, thus optimizing the management of their purchase and maintenance contract. This report explains how the new management strategy has been put in place.
acquisition