Medical Electrical Equipment - Good Refurbishment Practice at Siemens AG Healthcare

Used medical equipment is a valuable asset that has to be preserved. If used medical equipment is re-used it needs to be processed in a dedicated way to avoid risks for users, patients and healthcare providers to make sure that the medical equipment is as safe and effective as when it was new. The concept “Good Refurbishment Practice” (GRP), defined and published by COCIR [1], [2] describes such a dedicated way to process used medical equipment. Knowing the quality requirements for refurbishment and regarding the lack of clear guidelines for refurbishment, the companies organized in COCIR developed an standard on GRP that defines the requirements for refurbishment.