Increase Your CT Uptime
Intermittent error codes or failures are, in many cases, a sign of future system downtime. Address these problems before they put you hard down. This is especially important for clinics that run their system 5-7 days per week. If you can schedule an engineer to come onsite one day that the system is not in use, they could help you avoid an impending system failure.
Stick to Your Preventative Maintenance Schedule
I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but it’s true: preventative maintenance (PM) is vital to your CT scanner’s uptime. Many times you may not even be aware that your system has a problem that needs to be addressed until an engineer reviews the error logs. Checking connections, testing image quality, greasing bearings, cleaning fans, and making backups of your system data are just a few things that will be addressed during a CT PM.
Maintain the Proper CT Suite Environment
Room environment is crucial to the life of many CT scanner parts. Failing to maintain proper room temperature (recommended to be kept between 18-22° C) can in many cases lead to component damage.
Humidity is another atmospheric factor that needs to be monitored. Ideally these levels will be kept within 40-70% relative, non-condensing humidity. These conditions need to be maintained at all times in the CT suite
Intermittent error codes or failures are, in many cases, a sign of future system downtime. Address these problems before they put you hard down. This is especially important for clinics that run their system 5-7 days per week. If you can schedule an engineer to come onsite one day that the system is not in use, they could help you avoid an impending system failure.
Stick to Your Preventative Maintenance Schedule
I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but it’s true: preventative maintenance (PM) is vital to your CT scanner’s uptime. Many times you may not even be aware that your system has a problem that needs to be addressed until an engineer reviews the error logs. Checking connections, testing image quality, greasing bearings, cleaning fans, and making backups of your system data are just a few things that will be addressed during a CT PM.
Maintain the Proper CT Suite Environment
Room environment is crucial to the life of many CT scanner parts. Failing to maintain proper room temperature (recommended to be kept between 18-22° C) can in many cases lead to component damage.
Humidity is another atmospheric factor that needs to be monitored. Ideally these levels will be kept within 40-70% relative, non-condensing humidity. These conditions need to be maintained at all times in the CT suite
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