Objective To investigate the status quo of clinical engineering departments (CED) in Guangdong province, to find out the main problems and challenges, and to give some suggestions on promoting the development of clinical engineering. Methods Questionnaires were issued to directors or engineers in hospitals on department missions, staff composition, quality control and obstructive factors for discipline development. Statistical analysis was executed for the questionnaires. Results Only 53.19% of the CED operated independently. The daily CE practice in Guangdong hospitals included carrying out procurement, installation, maintenance and archiving. Only 28.0%of the hospitals had QC instruments. The education backgrounds were mainly restrained in undergraduate degree and junior college degree, accounting for 80.0%. Totally 39.0% of the clinical engineers majored in biomedical engineering. The personnel with primary or intermediate professional titles accounted for 61.96%. There was 0.68 engineer per 100 beds or 0.23 engineer per ten million Yuan medical equipment. The top 3 factors that hindered the development of CE were inadequacy of professional staff, low education level and absence of laws and regulations. Conclusion CED in Guangdong province drops behind the outstanding institutions in China, and has to be promoted with the efforts of supervision facilities and etc.%目的:通过对广东省临床工程部门的基本现状进行分析,发现存在的问题,提出促进临床工程学科发展的建议.方法:采取向医院发放问卷的方法,从部门职能、人员构成、质量控制开展情况和阻碍学科发展的主要因素等方面进行调查,对回收的有效问卷进行统计和分析.结果:独立运行的临床工程部门只占53.19%,工作职责以传统的采购、安装、维修和档案管理为主;配置质量控制器具的医院只占28.0%;学历以本科和大专为主,占80.0%;专业以医学工程为主,占39.0%;职称以初中级为主,占61.96%;每百张床位配备0.68名工程技术人员,每千万元医疗设备配置0.23名工程技术人员.部门人员数量不足、人员整体素质有待提高、缺乏法律和政策方面支持是阻碍临床工程学科发展的前3个因素.结论:广东省临床工程学科建设与国内行业标杆单位有较大的差距,医院临床工程科还未受到应有的重视.需要凝聚行政主管部门和临床工程行业力量,推动临床工程学科建设.
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