Can your patients afford to wait until your equipment’s repaired?

We don’t often consider the critical machines and equipment we use to save lives at hospitals or how corrosion could impact our ability to help patients. However, without proper air filtration units, highly polluted outdoor environments can cause corrosion and impact indoor air quality. The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations have made a positive environmental impact but can cause problems with circuit boards. Because lead can no longer be used, circuit boards are much more susceptible to corrosive gases.

Electronic equipment such as CT scanners and MRI machines could fail due to corrosion. This is a common problem in countries where Air Handling Units (AHUs) with outdoor air intakes are located near sewage treatment plants (STPs). Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) at the STPs accelerates corrosion further, causing eventual failure. Many hospitals report reoccurring failure in their CT scanners and MRI machines due to these conditions. When there’s a limited number of these critical machines in such hospitals, their failure is even more concerning.