Biomedical and Imaging Test Equipment
🇨🇦 Canadian Program
Project Need
To provide the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy with test equipment devices such as an electrosurgical analyzer, an electrical safety analyzer, a laser output analyzer, an X-ray dosage analyzer, an anesthesia machine, a ventilator analyzer, a medical gas analyzer, a defibrillator analyzer and an infusion output analyzer. The equipment will be purchased and shipped to the Mercy Ships International testing facilities at the International Support Center and European Distribution Center and then shipped to the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy.
Project Overview
The purpose of the project is to provide biomedical and imaging test equipment, for the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy.
Context
Both the hospital ships the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy use medical equipment for the diagnosis, surgery, recovery, and treatment of patients. Intermittent testing assures the physician, care giver and patient that the medical equipment is safe, performs properly, and provides accurate patient data.
As Mercy Ships International (MSI) equips the Africa Mercy for future years of field service and provide the Global Mercy with equipment, it is important that MSI perform tests on the medical equipment. Specialized test equipment is needed to effectively maintain and ensure that all the medical equipment is kept to the highest level of performance and reliability.
Anticipated Project Impacts
Short-term indicators of success
The biomedical and imaging test equipment is purchased and shipped to the Mercy Ships’ testing facilities at the International Support Center and European Distribution Center.
The equipment will be procured from an established Mercy Ships’ vendor. To improve interoperability, the equipment for the Africa Mercy and the Global Mercy will be identical to simplify vendor support, biomedical maintenance tasks and ensure uniform machine functioning for the volunteer medical technicians.
Long-term indicators of success
After the biomedical and imaging test equipment arrives at the Africa Mercy and Global Mercy and it will be installed and commissioned for use. The useful lifetime of the equipment is estimated to be between seven to ten years. The equipment will directly support many of the free surgical procedures provided by the volunteer professionals on the hospital ships in the low resource settings where Mercy Ships serves in Africa.
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