Calibration Services for Hospitals

Calibrating medical equipment and instruments is part of maintaining quality standards in delivering health services and complying with regulations. Hospitals follow Quality Management Systems (QMS) regulations such as ISO 13485 and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) TIR 30 Standards.

Compliance with these standards includes maintaining and calibrating medical equipment within specified accuracy and reliability limits, optimizing diagnostic accuracy, and ensuring safety in their use. Transcat offers specialized biomedical instrument calibration and repair services for applications throughout hospital departments.

Here is a sampling of the equipment and instruments by the department where they are commonly used.

• Clinical Laboratories  
  Regular instrument calibration is essential to ensure the accuracy and reliability of clinical test results and comply with regulatory standards such as the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). Transcat instrument validation and calibration services cover common lab instruments, including centrifuges, microscopes, automated analyzers such as chemistry or immunoassay analyzers, automated sample processors, chromatography systems (HPLC, GC), spectrophotometers, dissolution testers, pipettes, and pH meters. 
  Transcat also offers validation services for incubators, stability chambers, freezers, refrigerators, and cold rooms.  
• Radiology and Imaging Departments  
  X-ray machines, Computed Tomography (CT) scanners, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners, and ultrasound machines require maintenance and calibration with calibrated instruments. Transcat offers calibration services for commonly used instruments to maintain these machines such as mAS meters, ultrasound watt meters, radiometers, dynalyzers, dosimeters, and electromagnetic field probes, to name a few.
• Operating Rooms and Surgical Suites  
  Patient monitors, anesthesia machines, electrosurgical units (ESUs), sterilizers, and surgical instruments require regular maintenance and calibration. Transcat offers calibration services for the tools and instruments used in maintaining these systems including safety analyzers, ESU analyzers, patient simulators, defibrillator analyzers, multimeters, oscilloscopes, micrometers, calipers, gauge blocks, and tensiometers. 
  Transcat also offers calibration services for sterilizing equipment such as autoclaves, and sterilizers to standards such as AAMI/ANSI/ISO 11137.
• Patient Care Areas  
  The equipment in patient rooms and clinics also requires calibration, especially vital sign monitors, infusion pumps, ventilators, and blood glucose monitors. Transcat Biomedical Services also calibrates ventilator testers, SP02 testers, pacer testers, infusion pump analyzers, dialysis testers, oxygen analyzers, and temperature calibrators.
• Pharmacy 
  Transcat biomedical calibration services include pharmacy equipment, such as compounding scales, osmometers, burettes, pipettes, pH meters, and refrigerators.
• Environmental Monitoring  
  Instruments used for environmental monitoring within hospital facilities, such as temperature and humidity loggers, particle counters, and air samplers, require calibration for accuracy and compliance. Facilities and equipment calibration documentation is required to prove the traceability of measurements to ISO 17025 laboratory standards. 

Instrument Metrology and Repair Services 
Transcat Biomedical is a leading, national provider of quality instrument metrology and repair services. Our services are available on-site or from one of our ISO 17025-accredited biomedical labs. 

Pipette Calibration and Supplies 
Transcat Pipettes offers 3–5-day turnaround for ISO 8655 pipette calibration services and as fast as 24-hour turnaround within defined service areas. We are also a multi-brand distributor of high-quality pipettes, pipette tips, and benchtop equipment.  

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Laboratory Validation Services 
These specialized validation services provide documented evidence that your systems, facilities, and processes perform their intended functions according to specifications set by the FDA or custom protocols. Service options through NEXA | EAM, a Transcat Company, include qualification of new installations, validation, revalidation, and instrument calibration. 

Test & Measurement Instruments  
We offer a wide range of types and brands of test & measurement Instruments to maintain your medical devices' productivity, accuracy, and compliance. We are your one-stop shop for buying, renting, and obtaining expert calibration.  

For more information about our accredited calibration and validation services for Hospitals, call one of our calibration professionals at 800-828-1470 or contact us.