Job Opportunity - Nottingham (UK)
The following vacancy has just been posted on the UK NHS Jobs website at - http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/cgi-bin/vacdetails.cgi?selection=912097352 where a detailed Job Description and Application Form are available. (Closing date for applications is 14th October) Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2006 by the merger of the city's two major teaching hospitals, Nottingham City Hospital and the Queens Medical Centre. The Clinical Engineering service at NUH is one of the largest in the country, (employing approximately 90wte engineering, scientific, technical and administrative staff). It provides a comprehensive range of medical equipment management and development services to the Trust. The Department also has collaborative links with the University of Nottingham An exciting vacancy has arisen for a Consultant Clinical Engineer to support the activities of the Department and the wider Trust. This is a unique opportunity to not only play a key role in the delivery of operational clinical engineering services to support patient care, but also to be instrumental in the development of safe and compliant novel devices and in supporting clinical research employing medical technology The post-holder will need to have extensive knowledge and practical experience in the application of technology in medical practice. They will also need sound knowledge of the regulatory environment and CE-marking processes in general and with regard to medical devices in particular. Ideally, they should be proficient in the application of technical standards, risk management, project management, implementation of quality systems (including ISO-900 and 13485), and in the management of design, evaluation and testing for safety and EMC. Engineering design and production experience would be valuable. Candidates ought to be HPC registered (or eligible for registration). The role will require Chartered Engineer status and substantial post-registration work experience in clinical engineering in a healthcare setting. Candidates with alternative but equivalent relevant industrial training and experience would be considered and are encouraged to apply. The postholder may be expected to work at both City Hospital and Queens Medical Centre campuses. To discuss details of the post further, please contact Dr. Daniel Clark or Ged Dean on 0115-962-7646. The information contained in this E-mail may be the subject of public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - unless legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this E-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. Copyright in this E-mail and any attachments created by us remains vested in the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by security software for the presence of known computer viruses. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust City Hospital campus | Hucknall Road | Nottingham | NG5 1PB | Tel: 0115 969 1169 QMC campus | Derby Road | Nottingham | NG7 2UH | Tel: 0115 924 9924 If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. ID:QMCICT1 - B48d22cba.0001.0001.mml - 11:26:03 09/18/08 - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list.Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald:emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
RE: Another Cancer Scare?
Is it really only milliseconds? When my phone is in my desk drawer, or jacket pocket on the back of my chair, I am aware that it is periodically active because of interference it generates on the speakers of my PC. These bursts of audible interference are brief - but measurable in seconds rather than milliseconds. Ged Dean From: dBaron [mailto:d.ba...@ieee.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:00 PM To: Tang, George; 'Monrad Monsen' Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: RE: Another Cancer Scare? Sir: The intermittent, registration communications between a mobile phone and its base station are milliseconds in duration at intervals of 5-10 minutes; minimal exposures. Regards, Dave Baron, PE Consulting Engineer Electromagnetic Field Safety Austin, TX Voice: 512 917-8346 Fax: 206 203-0605 The information contained in this email may be the subject of public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - unless legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this email and your reply cannot be guaranteed. Copyright of this email and any attachments created by us remains vested in the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by security software for the presence of known computer viruses. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust City Hospital campus | Hucknall Road | Nottingham | NG5 1PB | Tel: 0115 969 1169 QMC campus | Derby Road | Nottingham | NG7 2UH | Tel: 0115 924 9924 If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. ID:QMCICT1 - B48997d7b.0001.0001.mml - 11:31:23 08/06/08 - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
RE: EMC in the news: RFID Medical
Whilst I've seen the original article (Journal of the American Medical Association), unfortunately I can't circulate it without breaking our subscription license agreement. The investigation was apparently commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Health. Standard they refer to is - American National Standard Recommended Practice for On-site Ad Hoc Test Method for Estimating Radiated Electromagnetic Immunity of Medical Devices to Specific Radio-frequency Transmitters (Standard C63.18). (AAMI:/ IEEE; 1997). (not a rigorous EMC product test standard - but rather a suggested basic methodology for equipment users to investigate possible EMI in a consistent way) The project was apparently driven by the search for a system to monitor blood products, which influenced their choice of RFID systems to test, as follows - The selection of 2 RFID systems tested in this study was based on 3 characteristics: (1) the systems needed to comply with RFID standards set by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute; (2) radio frequencies needed to fall within the most common internationally used RFID frequency bands and (3) performance needed to fulfill the operational requirements of the project including availability of temperature sensitive RFID tags, low-cost tags suitable for disposable materials, contemporary integration with the local communications network, and location accuracy within a health care facility. Tests were performed in a 1-patient room, free of reflective objects, based upon methodology in the standard above. Ged Dean Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust ___ _ -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org ] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: 27 June 2008 08:29 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC in the news: RFID Medical In message 48640ca5.3060...@orionscientific.com, dated Thu, 26 Jun 2008, E. Robert Bonsen robert.bon...@orionscientific.com writes: Assessment took place^ according to an international test protocol. Really? Don't they cite the reference? I don't know of one that covers 125 kHz and 868 MHz. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk file://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk file://www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - The information contained in this email may be the subject of public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - unless legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this email and your reply cannot be guaranteed. Copyright of this email and any attachments created by us remains vested in the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by security software for the presence of known computer viruses. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust City Hospital campus | Hucknall Road | Nottingham | NG5 1PB | Tel: 0115 969 1169 QMC campus | Derby Road | Nottingham | NG7 2UH | Tel: 0115 924 9924 If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. ID:QMCICT1 - B486510b70002.0001.0001.mml - 17:09:27 06/27/08 - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
FW: EMC in the news: RFID Medical
Just nominal power outputs and separation distances between interfering and susceptible equipment. Output info given is - The passive RFID system selected for this study (OBID, Feig Electronic, Weilburg, Germany) had an 868-MHz reader (2-4 W). The active RFID system (Eureka RFID, Avonwood, England) had a 125-kHz reader (68_10E-3 µT at 1m) that forces tags to transmit in its proximity. The active RFID tag had an operational frequency of 868 MHz at 2 µW Interference effects were provoked at separation distances ranging from 5 - 600cm, depending upon equipment affected. Ged Dean Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust -Original Message- From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org ] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: 27 June 2008 17:28 To: emc-p...@ieee.org Subject: Re: EMC in the news: RFID Medical In message c1bb4f6866f4d144bb37968587d03a64e47...@cexc01.nuh.LOCAL, dated Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Dean Gerard (Medical Physics) gerard.d...@nuh.nhs.uk writes: Whilst I've seen the original article (Journal of the American Medical Association), unfortunately I can't circulate it without breaking our subscription license agreement. Thanks for the information you have given, anyway. The elephant in the room is the field strength information. Is there anything about that in the paper? -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk file://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk file://www.isce.org.uk Either we are causing global warming, in which case we may be able to stop it, or natural variation is causing it, and we probably can't stop it. You choose! John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list.Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald:emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc The information contained in this email may be the subject of public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 - unless legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this email and your reply cannot be guaranteed. Copyright of this email and any attachments created by us remains vested in the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by security software for the presence of known computer viruses. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust City Hospital campus | Hucknall Road | Nottingham | NG5 1PB | Tel: 0115 969 1169 QMC campus | Derby Road | Nottingham | NG7 2UH | Tel: 0115 924 9924 If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. ID:QMCICT1 - B48651855.0001.0001.mml - 17:41:57 06/27/08 - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
RE: Use of ground fault detectors in hospitals
Pat -
Relevant document is IEC-60364-7-710 Electrical Installations of Buildings -
Medical Locations, (which in the UK have been adopted under guidance notes
subsidiary to the IEE Wiring 'Regulations').
Use of RCDs is restricted in medical environments, precisely because of
nuisance tripping to critical equipment - where 'nuisance ' tripping could
have serious if not fatal consequences for the patient.
Use of RCDs in 'Group-2' medical locations (such as operating theatres) is
restricted to particular specified circuits (such as those for X-ray units or
plant rated 5kVA) -Otherwise they should not be used.
(I've no idea what the practice is in Hong Kong).
Ged Dean
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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pat.law...@slpower.com
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Subject: Use of ground fault detectors in hospitals
Hi listmembers:
We have a customer in Hong Kong who is reporting problems using their
equipment in an operating room. Specifically, the GFI/RCCB/RCD (ground fault
detector) installed in the operating room trips, shutting off power to the
system. After resetting the GFI, the equipment can be started successfully.
My question concerns the use of GFIs in operating rooms. This sounds unusual
to me, and I'd think the GFI would have to meet many of the same requirements
that medical equipment needs to meet (e.g., IEC60601-1 approval). Is anyone
familiar with either requirements or prohibitions on the use of GFIs in an
operating room?
Pat Lawler
EMC Engineer
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