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Newly Cited AHCA Deficiencies and How to Correct Them   Recently a facility was cited for two improper connections regarding waste gas and a vacuum hose. Reviewing the two scenarios...

Protecting Your Devices From Theft   When you look at your healthcare facility, do you see everything that you should? Sure, you see your patients, the physical systems in place...

Common Waste Anesthesia Gas Disposal Deficiencies and How to Fix Them Before entering the COVID era, one of the hot topics for life safety inspectors was waste anesthesia gas disposal...

At CE-Tech, we strive to provide quality service to our customers for the common goal of patient safety and experience. As the Covid-19 pandemic continuous to be prevalent; we want...

Identifying Malware on a Medical Device Medical device security has been a hot topic for a while, but I regularly still hear from some that it’s not important because medical...

Tips To Help Manage Medical Device Security   Small hospitals and surgery centers are expected to maintain robust security postures to protect patient health information. But the amount of work...

Pre-owned versus New Medical Equipment   Healthcare executives are challenged to manage the balance between increased costs and reduced reimbursements.  Add a pandemic to the equation and……there goes the budget. ...

What You Don’t See Can Hurt You: Medical Device Security   After working in the medical equipment security field for the past several years, I have heard a familiar phrase:...

CMS Blanket Waivers, What You Need to Know.   CMS is continuously updating blanket waivers for healthcare providers.  There are many associations and websites promoting templates for certain waivers, but...

To be compliant with CMS, TJC, DNV, and other regulatory agencies it is essential to have an accurate medical equipment inventory. CE-Tech maintains your inventory using a Computerized Medical Maintenance...

Medical Equipment Safety   Patient safety is our primary concern when it comes to medical equipment. But with modern, connected equipment, a few threats have emerged that not only put...

Tommy Walden, Customer Advisor at CE-Tech Tommy has built a successful career helping people just like you. After spending 25 years as a partner at a National Consulting Firm he...

Sprinkler Inspections.  What’s new? AHCA’s rules and regulations change rapidly and sometimes without notice to those very people whom the changes affect, you! We are committed to staying on the...

Tips for Reopening After the COVID-19 Shutdown Did your facility shut down during the COVID-19 crisis?  Improper shutdown and start-up procedures could delay your reopening due to system failures or...

Do your business partners increase the value of your organization? Our goal at CE-Tech is to exceed your service expectations every day and develop our relationship together throughout the years...

Solutions for Supply Shortages Due to COVID-19 As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) pandemic event has accelerated, global health care systems have been overwhelmed with the need for increased supplies...

It is a new environment; we are all making adjustments and adapting to new practices and procedures.  As this outbreak spreads healthcare facilities could be quickly overwhelmed. Many case studies estimate...

With many questions surrounding the inspection, testing, and maintenance of equipment and life safety systems during the COVID-19 pandemic; we would like to encourage you to continue to maintain a...

ASC’s now able to temporarily enroll as a hospital during the COVID-19 crisis. With the Hospitals given the ability to expand bed capacity for treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic;...