A study on utilization of critical equipments in a private hospital, Chennai

The study aims to reduce the downtime of critical equipment. It is basically a study done by collecting data from five modalities in radiology department.Hence the study which was done based on the secondary data concludes that all critical equipments: MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Fluoroscopy and gamma camera were not utilized 100 percent and more over there were defects like late arrival of patients, late in transporting the patient, repeating of test procedures, contrast problems, poor preparation of the patient, mishandling of the equipments by the staffs and cancellation of test procedures which effects the utilization rate of the equipments.This is due to loop holes in the protocol followed in the department, which needs to be bridged so that less time is wasted by the patient and the overall process is more effective and patient friendly. Hence, proper training should be given to improve the utilization of machineries, by training the staffs and educating the patient.Therefore the study based on observationclearly reveals the defects.This research could not be extended to all critical equipments due to insufficiency in recorded data and time constraints. But there is further avenue of research possible to find the utilization of all critical equipment.