AEDs sit in a strange compliance spot — often bought once and assumed to look after themselves, but they carry ongoing servicing obligations like any other piece of medical equipment, and a defibrillator that’s not been checked is one of the highest-consequence gaps an accreditation surveyor or workplace safety audit can find. What AED Servicing […]

Aged care equipment compliance sits under the Aged Care Quality Standards, and it gets more scrutiny than many providers expect — assessors want to see that equipment risk is actively managed, not just that a testing sticker exists somewhere on the device. Here’s what that means in practice for biomedical equipment. What the Aged Care

GP practices working toward RACGP accreditation through AGPAL or QIP often assume their equipment testing is sorted because it’s “up to date” — but accreditation surveyors are checking for something more specific than a recent test date. Here’s what the RACGP Standards actually expect for medical equipment, and where practices commonly fall short. What the

NSQHS accreditation surveys can raise findings about biomedical equipment that catch hospitals off guard — not because the testing wasn’t done, but because the records weren’t structured the way surveyors expect to see them. Here’s what typically gets checked and how to make sure your equipment compliance evidence holds up. What Surveyors Look For Under

If you’re responsible for medical equipment compliance, one question comes up more than any other: how often does electrical safety testing actually need to happen? The answer depends on the standard your facility is testing to, the type of equipment, and how it’s used — and getting it wrong can mean turning up to an