Bio Med Tech - Healthcare System position available performing calibration, repair and performance on medical and non-medical instrumentation. Excellent salary (about $24/hour, actual depends on experience) & benefits (dental, vision, medical, 401K, life insurance, long-term disability).  Tech should  have five or more years of experience and be comfortable working independently.  Tech should have two year [...]

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Disability KaR a global not-for-profit whose goal is to promote good health in developing countries has released a series of six (6) management guides geared towards Healthcare Technology Management or as its called in our neck of the woods Biomed/Clinical Engineering Management.
The guides are meant to help improve the effectiveness of Healthcare Technology Management tasks [...]

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Stryker Medical has been issued a subpoena by the Attorney General on New Jersey for the release of several documents relating to “financial interests and arrangements of physicians participating in certain clinical trials for or on behalf of the company.”
Seems like a bunch of companies are getting into trouble for paying off physicians to write [...]

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As reported on Dotmed News, 300 Ultrasound Probes were recently stolen out of a warehouse in Koblenz, Germany in March of this year.
The probes include Esaote (MyLab-Series), Kontron (Imagic Agile), Philips, Aloka, Siemens, Medison, and Mindray. Click here for a full list of the probes stolen including serial number.   
If any one contacts you offering [...]

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Yes, its finally here!!!! The one week a year were we Biomeds are special (ofcourse we’re special every other week of the year too, but this week is ours). What special events are you and your respective departments/employers planning for this week? In past years some departments have had Biomed Week BBQs, have given special [...]

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Fluke Biomedical was kind enough to send me a prototype model of their new ESA612 Electrical Safety Analyzer to test and play around with for a few days. Here are my observations after using the analyzer for a couple of days.
 

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Warren over at Squidoo Biomed has added a new section: “Following ‘Clinical Engineering’ on Twitter”.
For those of you who arent familliar with the Squidoo Biomed site, I suggest that you check it out and add it to your bookmarks (ctrl + D).
Check it out: Squidoo Biomed
 

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The Conficker worm (aka Downup, Downadup, and Kido) has been found to have infected Medical Equipment accross the country and around the world. The worm which infects networked Medical Equipment built on a Microsoft Windows OS backbone, uses a combination of advanced malware techniques which has made it difficult to counter, and has since spread rapidly into what [...]

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