King Abdul Aziz University
EE 474
Safety, Reliability and Maintenance in Healthcare
Fall Semester 2010-2011 (1431-1432)
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Instructor:
Office:
Dr. Mohammad Asif Hussain
Bldg. 42B, Room: 320-B, Ext: 68093
Email:
Office Hours:
abujuveria@gmail.com
10 am – 11 am or by appointment
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Course Description:
Definition of safety. Electrical, gas, and fire safety and how to make safe environment for patients,
medical personnel and attendants. Reliability in health care facilities. Training of operators for proper use
of equipment. Generation of a computer database for equipment, suppliers, dealers and manufacturers.
Preventive maintenance procedures. Corrective maintenance, repair and amendment of existing
equipment. Basic troubleshooting principles. Retrieving information from manufacturer's catalogs and
technical libraries.
Textbook:
Yadin D (Editor), J.D. and Neuman M.R. Clinical Engineering (Principles and Applications
in Engineering), CRC Press; 2003.
Class Attendance:
Attendance is a must for all lectures, tutorials and will be strictly enforced.
Homework:
There will be home assignments (HW). Home assignments will be collected and graded
Exams:
There will be at least 3 quizzes/mini exams (it may be pre-announced or may be a surprise test).
No printed or written materials will be allowed in exams. There will be absolutely no make-ups
for the missed exams.
Grading (subject to modification):
Attendance and Assignments
Quizzes/mini exams
Final Exam
Time Table:
20%
20%
60%
Time
Saturday
11 am – 1:00 pm
Lecture
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Lecture
Course Topics:
The following are the course outline covering the special topics. Students’ response to contents
will determine the depth of the information on the given topic. Necessary background will be
discussed to connect to the topic if needed.
Special Topics
Definition of safety
By the end of lectures you will be
able to

Design processes to verify safety
in medical environment
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Electrical, gas, and fire safety and how to
make safe environment for patients,
medical personnel and attendants.
Reliability in health care facilities.
Training of operators for proper use of
equipment.
Generation of a computer database for
equipment, suppliers, dealers and
manufacturers. Preventive maintenance
procedures.

Design a clinical engineering
department
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6

Estimate failure rates of medical
equipment and plan maintenance
services accordingly

Recognize national and
international standards for
maintaining medical equipment
4

Corrective maintenance, repair and 
amendment of existing equipment.

Basic troubleshooting principles.
Retrieving information from
manufacturer's catalogs and technical
libraries.
Lecture
Hours
8
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Prepare policies, procedures and
maintenance documents
Design maintenance procedures
for medical equipment
Interpret and use service
documents for the medical
equipment
Formulate an optimum the spare
and repair parts storage to
minimize the downtime of
equipment
Coordinate and work as a
member of a maintenance team
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