COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CALIBRATION STANDARDS: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY IN MEDICAL DEVICES.
Keywords:
Calibration Standards, Primary Standards, Secondary Standards, Medical Devices, Accuracy, Instrument Drift, Environmental Conditions, Calibration Errors, Patient Safety, Recalibration.Abstract
Errors, if they occur during the calibration of medical devices, may lead to serious discrepancies that can negatively impact on the diagnosis as well as the treatment of patients, and may eventually threaten their safety and lives. These errors in calibration can result from a number of sources such as instrument drift which may be caused by time, different environmental conditions including temperature changes or even moisture fluctuations, or improper handling by the people handling these devices. To properly address and minimize such occurrence, it is absolutely crucial to have regular and proper calibration procedures constantly done. This involves doing routine and scheduled verification processes against a levelled primary standards ; adjusting the device upon a need for adjustments; and ensuring that levels of their secondary standards are maintained and followed restlessly. The use of computer-based calibration systems can greatly impact the accuracy and precision to as much extent as reduce the occurrence of human error during calibration. Findings from the research point out and emphasize the significance of calibration for improving patient safety as well as the performance of medical equipment, and therefore call for standard practice requirements that need to be adopted universally in the healthcare sector. Continuous monitoring and recalibration are, therefore a matter of great importance in ensuring the continued high performance and reliability of medical devices - which, subsequently impacts patients' treatment significantly. The research also provides an extensive discussion on different challenges that could be encountered while implementing these essential calibration standards as well as the best practices that could be adopted with an overarching aim of enhancing the quality as well as the efficiency of the medical devices in use.
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