the reliability analysis of the medical equipments can
help to increase the availability and the efficiency of the systems. In
this manuscript we present a simple method of decomposition that
could be easily applied on the complex medical systems. Using this
method we can easily calculate the effect of the subsystems or
components on the reliability of the overall system. Furthermore, to
investigate the effect of subsystems or components on system
performance, we perform a numerical study varying every time the
worst reliability of subsystem or component with another which has
higher reliability. It can also be useful to engineers and designers of
medical equipment, who wishes to optimize the complex systems.
[1] A.A. Toporkov. Assessment of Service Life of Sophisticated Medical
Equipment. Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No 3, p.p. 122-127, 2007 .
[2] L. Lucian., M.D. Leape. A systems An;alysis Approach to medical error.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 213-222,
1997.
[3] S.E Bedell., D.C Deitz, D. Leeman & T.L. Delbanco. Incidence and
characteristics of preventable iatrogenic cardiac arrests. Journal of the
American Medical Association, 265, 2815-2820, 1991.
[4] F. Rosner, J.T. Berger, P. Kark, J. Potash, and A.J. Bennett. Disclosure
and prevention of medical errors. Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol.
160, pp. 2089-92, 2000.
[5] J. Reason. Human Error. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990.
[6] L.L. Leape, D.W. Bates, D.J. Cullen, J. Cooper, H.J. Demonaco, T.
Gallivan, R. Hallisey, J. Ives, N. Laird , G. Laffel , N. Nemeskal, L.A.
Petersen, K. Porter, D. Servi, B.F. Shea, S. Small, B. Sweitzer, B.T.
Thompson & M. Vander Vliet . Systems analysis of adverse drug events.
Journal of the American Medical Association,274, 35-43, 1995.
[7] R.D. Baker. Data-based modelling of the failure rate of repairable
equipment. Lifetime Data Analysis, 7, 65-83, 2001.
[8] A.A. Toporkov. Criteria and Methods for Assessing Reliability of
Medical Equipment. Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 42, No 1, p.p. 11-16,
2008.
[9] H. Tavakoli, M. Karami, J. Rezai, K. Esfandiari, and P. Khashayar.
When Renewing Medical Equipment is necessary: a case report.
International Journal of Health care Quality Assurance, Vol. 20, No 7,
p.p. 616-619, 2007.
[10] J.P Polley., and L.W. Shanklin. Marketing High-technology Medical
equipment to Hospitals. Journals of Business & Industrial Marketing,
Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 32-42, 1993.
[11] S. Balakrishnan,. Quality for Life in the Medical Equipment Industry: a
case study. Competitiveness Review, 9 (2), pp. 36-48, 1999.
[12] W. Kuo, V.R. Prasad. An annotated overview of system-reliability
optimization. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 49(2), 176-87, 2000.
[13] Y.C. Hsieh, T.C. Chen, D.L. Bricker. Genetic algorithm for reliability
design problems. Microelectronics Reliability, 38, 1599-605., 1998
[14] "Redundant metering operates reliably". Electrical World, June, 78-82,
1992
[15] G. Taguchi,, A.E. Elsayed, and T. Hsiang. Quality Engineering in
Production Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, pp. 135-138, 1989.
[16] H.J. Weiss, and M.E. Gershon. Production and Operations
Management, 2nd ed., Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA, 1993.
[17] P. Goel, and J. Singh. Reliability analysis of a standby complex system
having imperfect switch-over device. Microelectron Reliability, 35, 285-
8, 1995.
[18] P. Tsarouhas. Reliability and Maintenance Management for Industrial
Systems. Asian Journal of Information Technology, 4(5), 498-501.,
2005.
[19] P. Tsarouhas, D. Nazlis. Industrial Systems Maintenance under the
Light of Reliability. Information Technology Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1,
pp. 13-17, 2006.
[20] I.W.R. Brischke, D.N.P. Murthy. Case study in reliability and
maintenance. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003.
[21] C.E. Ebeling. An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability
Engineering. McGraw Hill, New York, NY, 1997.
[22] I.Bazovsky. Reliability Theory and Practice. Prentice-Hall, Englewood
Cliffs, NJ, 1961.
[23] U. D. Kumar, J. Crocker, J. Knezevic, , M. El-Haram.. Reliability,
maintenance and logistic support-A life cycle approach. Kluwer
Academic Press, Boston, MA, 2000.
[24] A. Hayter, (2002). Probability and statistics for engineers and
scientists. 2th edition. Duxbury, CA, USA, 2002.
[1] A.A. Toporkov. Assessment of Service Life of Sophisticated Medical
Equipment. Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 41, No 3, p.p. 122-127, 2007 .
[2] L. Lucian., M.D. Leape. A systems An;alysis Approach to medical error.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 213-222,
1997.
[3] S.E Bedell., D.C Deitz, D. Leeman & T.L. Delbanco. Incidence and
characteristics of preventable iatrogenic cardiac arrests. Journal of the
American Medical Association, 265, 2815-2820, 1991.
[4] F. Rosner, J.T. Berger, P. Kark, J. Potash, and A.J. Bennett. Disclosure
and prevention of medical errors. Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol.
160, pp. 2089-92, 2000.
[5] J. Reason. Human Error. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990.
[6] L.L. Leape, D.W. Bates, D.J. Cullen, J. Cooper, H.J. Demonaco, T.
Gallivan, R. Hallisey, J. Ives, N. Laird , G. Laffel , N. Nemeskal, L.A.
Petersen, K. Porter, D. Servi, B.F. Shea, S. Small, B. Sweitzer, B.T.
Thompson & M. Vander Vliet . Systems analysis of adverse drug events.
Journal of the American Medical Association,274, 35-43, 1995.
[7] R.D. Baker. Data-based modelling of the failure rate of repairable
equipment. Lifetime Data Analysis, 7, 65-83, 2001.
[8] A.A. Toporkov. Criteria and Methods for Assessing Reliability of
Medical Equipment. Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 42, No 1, p.p. 11-16,
2008.
[9] H. Tavakoli, M. Karami, J. Rezai, K. Esfandiari, and P. Khashayar.
When Renewing Medical Equipment is necessary: a case report.
International Journal of Health care Quality Assurance, Vol. 20, No 7,
p.p. 616-619, 2007.
[10] J.P Polley., and L.W. Shanklin. Marketing High-technology Medical
equipment to Hospitals. Journals of Business & Industrial Marketing,
Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 32-42, 1993.
[11] S. Balakrishnan,. Quality for Life in the Medical Equipment Industry: a
case study. Competitiveness Review, 9 (2), pp. 36-48, 1999.
[12] W. Kuo, V.R. Prasad. An annotated overview of system-reliability
optimization. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 49(2), 176-87, 2000.
[13] Y.C. Hsieh, T.C. Chen, D.L. Bricker. Genetic algorithm for reliability
design problems. Microelectronics Reliability, 38, 1599-605., 1998
[14] "Redundant metering operates reliably". Electrical World, June, 78-82,
1992
[15] G. Taguchi,, A.E. Elsayed, and T. Hsiang. Quality Engineering in
Production Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, pp. 135-138, 1989.
[16] H.J. Weiss, and M.E. Gershon. Production and Operations
Management, 2nd ed., Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA, 1993.
[17] P. Goel, and J. Singh. Reliability analysis of a standby complex system
having imperfect switch-over device. Microelectron Reliability, 35, 285-
8, 1995.
[18] P. Tsarouhas. Reliability and Maintenance Management for Industrial
Systems. Asian Journal of Information Technology, 4(5), 498-501.,
2005.
[19] P. Tsarouhas, D. Nazlis. Industrial Systems Maintenance under the
Light of Reliability. Information Technology Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1,
pp. 13-17, 2006.
[20] I.W.R. Brischke, D.N.P. Murthy. Case study in reliability and
maintenance. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003.
[21] C.E. Ebeling. An Introduction to Reliability and Maintainability
Engineering. McGraw Hill, New York, NY, 1997.
[22] I.Bazovsky. Reliability Theory and Practice. Prentice-Hall, Englewood
Cliffs, NJ, 1961.
[23] U. D. Kumar, J. Crocker, J. Knezevic, , M. El-Haram.. Reliability,
maintenance and logistic support-A life cycle approach. Kluwer
Academic Press, Boston, MA, 2000.
[24] A. Hayter, (2002). Probability and statistics for engineers and
scientists. 2th edition. Duxbury, CA, USA, 2002.
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this manuscript we present a simple method of decomposition that
could be easily applied on the complex medical systems. Using this
method we can easily calculate the effect of the subsystems or
components on the reliability of the overall system. Furthermore, to
investigate the effect of subsystems or components on system
performance, we perform a numerical study varying every time the
worst reliability of subsystem or component with another which has
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