Comments on: Matt Baretich, Baretich Engineering

By: glen green CBET

glen green CBET — Fri, 22 May 2015 20:27:38 +0000

I inquired about this during one of our surveys and the surveyor’s response was, “We are not using the 2012 NFPA 99 standards, so you must still perform them until we start utilizing the 2012 standards.” So as biomeds our hands are still bound by the JCAHO and DNV agencies.

By: Matt Baretich

Matt Baretich — Tue, 19 May 2015 22:01:02 +0000

In reply to Wayne Jenkins, CBET. CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) has regulations intended to make sure that healthcare facilities receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds meet appropriate standards.

By: Matt Baretich

Matt Baretich — Tue, 19 May 2015 21:57:16 +0000

In reply to Wayne Jenkins, CBET. CMS says we need to inspect certain RPTs on a regular basis. I think a visual inspection would be adequate.

By: Stephen Glassic

Stephen Glassic — Tue, 19 May 2015 17:40:30 +0000

In reply to Wayne Jenkins, CBET. CMS should not have the authority to create regulations in areas of clinical safety or medical device compliance. As it is, there are too many agencies and entities that overlap in various areas of healthcare regulatory compliance. Consolidating and reducing the number of them involved and/or limiting their authorities to certain areas could help a great deal to reduce confusion and the cost of effort to comply. It could help reduce federal agency expenditures as well.

By: Wayne Jenkins, CBET

Wayne Jenkins, CBET — Tue, 19 May 2015 14:43:12 +0000

I agree with Matt’s take on electrical safety but now CMS is saying that we have to do it on a regular schedule for RPTs instead of letting them run to fail. I think this is a step backwards. What does Matt think?