- #1 and #2 Stabilant-22 Liquid and Gel forms – the single most important thing other than a screwdriver a BMET can have. A an electro-reactive polymer molecule that creates and enhances connectivity in in connectors pins switches and plugs. I have fixed everything from tele boxes to PLCs to monitors to battery connections to lab analyzers to RVs to Ham Radios. A miracle cure for misbehaving electronics no BMET should be without.
- #3 Tripp-Lite orange modular power cord shims – these prevent power cords from coming our of everything from EPIC computer monitors, Patient monitors, anesthesia machines, OR tables etc… These make service calls for power disconnects a thing of the past.
- #4 Ideal Sure Test Power Analyzer – this makes short work of power strip, Video Cart, Transformer and UPS testing and QA. No more lugging around a big EST analyzer. Plug it in review the values and attach the sticker. Done and did.
- #5 Last but not least the pocket screwdriver Pen. No BMET should exist without one. Tweaking brakes on an OR light, tightening loose video and data cables, wall plates data plates 1001 uses.
- #6 The iPhone that took this photo – a smartphone is now an essential BMET tool. Snap a photo of every asset # you work on. Also it has vendor and colleague contacts, iBooks provides service manuals and FAQs at all times, FaceTime for when you need help to fix something and technical apps like spectrum view and light meter, sound meter, etc.
J. Scot Mackeil, CBET, ACCE, Massachusetts General Hospital Anesthesia Clinical Engineering Department
