A<unk>  engineering/equipment technician/technologist <unk>  or<unk>  engineering/equipment specialist (BES or BMES) is typically an electro-mechanical technician or technologist who ensures that medical<unk>  is well-maintained, properly configured, and safely functional. In healthcare environments,<unk> s often work with or officiate as a<unk>  and/or clinical engineer, since the career field has no legal distinction between engineers and engineering technicians/technologists.<unk> s are employed by hospitals, clinics, private sector companies, and the military. Normally,<unk> s install, inspect, maintain, repair, calibrate, modify and design<unk><unk>  and support systems to adhere to medical standard guidelines but also perform specialized duties and roles.<unk> s educate, train, and advise staff and other agencies on theory of operation, physiological principles, and safe clinical application of<unk><unk>  maintaining the facility's patient care and medical staff<unk> . Senior experienced<unk> s perform the official part in the daily management and problem solving of healthcare technology beyond repairs and scheduled maintenance; such as, capitol asset planning, project management, budgeting and personnel management, designing interfaces and integrating medical systems, training end-users to utilize medical technology, and evaluating new devices for acquisition. The acceptance of the<unk>  in the private sector was given a big push in 1970 when consumer advocate Ralph Nader wrote an article in which he claimed, "At least 1,200 people a year are electrocuted and many more are killed or injured in needless electrical accidents in hospitals."<unk> s cover a vast array of different functional fields and medical devices. However,<unk> s do specialize and focus on specific kinds of medical devices and technology management—(i.e., an imaging repair specialist, laboratory<unk>  specialist, healthcare technology manager) and works strictly on medical imaging and/or medical laboratory<unk>  as well as supervises and/or manages HTM departments. These experts come from either from the military, or an OEM background. An imaging repair specialist usually does not have much, if any, general<unk>  training. However, there are situations where a<unk>  will cross-train into these functional fields. Examples of different areas of medical<unk>  technology are: *Diagnostic Imaging: *Radiographic and Fluoroscopic X-ray, *Diagnostic ultrasound, *Mammography, *Nuclear imaging, *Positron emission tomography (PET), *Medical imaging, *Computed tomography (CT), linear tomography, *Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), *Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI scanner), *Physiological monitoring, *Electron microscope, *Sterilization, *LASERs, *Dental, *Telemedicine, *Heart lung device, *DaVinci Surgical Robot, *Optometry, *Surgical instruments, *Infusion pumps, *Anesthesia, *Laboratory, *Dialysis, *Respiratory services (ventilators), *Gas therapy<unk>  *Computer networking systems integration, *Information technology, *Patient monitoring, *Cardiac diagnostics<unk> s work closely with nursing staff, and medical materiel personnel to obtain parts, supplies, and<unk>  and even closer with facility management to coordinate<unk>  installations requiring certain facility infrastructure requirements/modifications.
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