Beds, Wheelchairs and the Air Conditioner in Ward 2
Everything that is not a machine under biomedical still has to live somewhere. Location, condition and the date it came in, on one list the store and the engineer read the same way.
The wheelchair that walked
Wheelchairs move between departments all day. A pump goes to the theatre for an afternoon and stays a month. Ask how many working wheelchairs the hospital owns and three people give three numbers, and then the audit asks the same question in writing.
What the register holds
What it is and where it is
Category, description, the department it belongs to and the floor it stands on today.
Condition, honestly recorded
Working, needs repair, condemned. A bed with a broken side rail is not the same asset as a working one.
When it came in
Date of purchase, and the vendor and order it arrived against.
A label to scan
Labels can be printed, so a phone scan opens the right record instead of somebody typing a serial number in a corridor.
Jobs raised against it
A complaint about that air conditioner attaches to the asset, and its repair history builds up in one place.
What it is good for
- A physical count against the register, department by department
- Assets marked for repair, with the work order against them
- What a trust hospital has to show for money spent on equipment
- Machines under biomedical, kept on their own record with AMC dates
- Items received against purchase orders, so the register grows as goods arrive
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from biomedical equipment?
Biomedical holds the machines with service histories, warranties and AMCs. The asset register holds everything else. Where the line falls is drawn with your biomedical in-charge at set-up, not guessed at later.
Does it work out depreciation?
No. Value, depreciation and the fixed asset schedule stay with your accountant and his books. What sits here is the physical record: what you own, where it is, and what condition it is in.
Can we do a physical verification with it?
Yes, department by department, scanning or ticking against the list. What comes out is an honest count, including the four wheelchairs nobody can find.
Can we bring our existing register across?
Yes, from Excel or your registers. One department is loaded and checked with you first, and the rest follows once you are satisfied.
Tell us what you need.
Send a short brief and one of our engineers will come back to you — usually the same day.
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