Ferramenta/metodologia para identificação do perfil dos setores de Engenharia Clínica de unidades hospitalares no município de João Pessoa-PB

Abstract

Clinical Engineering is responsible for the management and application of medical technologies in health services. Inadequate management of medical-hospital equipment (EMH) can affect the safety and efficiency of health care. The lack of standardization of management processes hinders the effective evaluation of hospitals and, consequently, the effectiveness of the management carried out. The study aims to determine the profile of clinical engineering sectors in João Pessoa, Paraíba, analyzing management practices and proposing an accessible spreadsheet model to improve EMH management. The main objective is to determine the profile of clinical engineering sectors of hospital units in the state of Paraíba, in the municipality of João Pessoa, in the municipal, state and federal public administrative spheres. With a secondary objective to present the main medical-hospital equipment that have a higher occurrence of failures and need for corrective maintenance. The methodology involved reading the existing bibliography based on topics related to the management of medical and hospital equipment, followed by applied research in an exploratory and descriptive manner, with a qualitative approach, based on the development of a situational questionnaire on the profile of the services offered, approved by an ethics committee, and answered by heads of the sectors responsible for managing the equipment of hospital units in the state of Paraíba. Based on the interviews, the author proposed the development of a spreadsheet for the control and management of EMH maintenance. In a qualitative manner, the interviewees provided answers that allowed us to outline the profile of the units participating in this research, reporting the main EMH where corrective maintenance is performed. It was also possible to develop a spreadsheet for the control of EMH. We can conclude that there is a difference in quality between good hospital practices for the management of services responsible for the maintenance of EMH at the federal level compared to management practices at the state and municipal levels, according to the sample. It is clear that the control and maintenance of EMH lack processes and flows with greater efficiency. Knowledge of the profile inherent to the management of the technological park of your unit can be the starting point for this care that impacts the medical assistance to be provided. This work can also serve as a basis for future studies, allowing for a more comprehensive assessment of other aspects inherent to the EMH management processes.