On-Call Advice/Info

[whazza22]

Hi All,

Im due to go on-call shortly for a range on hospitals.

I know there is a wide variety of faults or call outs that I could be faced with, but just seeing if anyone had any advice or information on common call-outs.

Info on fault finding for things like automatic doors, appliances, security alarms, air handling units, boilers etc would be very handy.

Thanks

 

[alarm man]

Hi All,

Im due to go on-call shortly for a range on hospitals.

I know there is a wide variety of faults or call outs that I could be faced with, but just seeing if anyone had any advice or information on common call-outs.

Info on fault finding for things like automatic doors, appliances, security alarms, air handling units, boilers etc would be very handy.

Thanks

customer error..what ever they say dont belive them..

 

[telectrix]

customer error..what ever they say dont belive them..

like it!

 

[IQ Electrical]

Hi All,

Im due to go on-call shortly for a range on hospitals.

I know there is a wide variety of faults or call outs that I could be faced with, but just seeing if anyone had any advice or information on common call-outs.

Info on fault finding for things like automatic doors, appliances, security alarms, air handling units, boilers etc would be very handy.

Thanks

When we do maintenance and fault response for hospitals, we tend to find a pretty well organised set of manuals, as fitted drawings etc. this seems to be the only scenario where we are 'spoilt' in this way!

Have you done any maintenance before? Is your testing and fault finding up to scratch?

 

[whazza22]

Yeah have done maintenance work and testing is not too bad

Fault finding could be better tho

 

[malcolmsanford]

Hospitals are some places to work in to be honest.

Access and getting to things. You have to be really careful where you go and what you pull apart. In cancer wards where the immune system is low even taking a ceiling tile down is major work so be ready for that. Before you take anything apart talk to the nursing staff. You may even get some sort of enviromental rep up your ladder with you.

A lot of systems in the hospital will be IT espicially in the operating theatres, I would gen yourself up on these.

UPS are everywhere and again be aware when fualt finding that you are not going to trip something or even fry something out.

Get use to walking on egg shells. As I'm married to a nurse, get them on your side and you won't go far wrong.

Everything by the book. document everything and make sure you are aware of things.

There will be loads of PLC systems knocking about, espicially on the AHU's as these will control the positive or negative attitude of the system. It may pay you if you already don't have it a basic knowledge of them

BMS systems are also prevlant in hospitals. Again it would be a good idea to gen up on them wether it is a controlalbe type of just register. As these are notouriuos for developing a "non" fault by giving false readings.

 

[J@mes]

I do on call, the main thing I would say over and above anything else is:

Give yourself time to wake up before touching anything.

If I'm woken up in the middle of the night, I tell my fault control I am having a coffee before I leave the house to get in my vehicle - I cover an area of over 100 miles, so the little caffeine helps before I go. Being half asleep when you start reading diagrams, drawings or schematics does not help as that is when mistakes can be made and easy issues can be overlooked.

 

[whazza22]

Hospitals are some places to work in to be honest.

Access and getting to things. You have to be really careful where you go and what you pull apart. In cancer wards where the immune system is low even taking a ceiling tile down is major work so be ready for that. Before you take anything apart talk to the nursing staff. You may even get some sort of enviromental rep up your ladder with you.

A lot of systems in the hospital will be IT espicially in the operating theatres, I would gen yourself up on these.

UPS are everywhere and again be aware when fualt finding that you are not going to trip something or even fry something out.

Get use to walking on egg shells. As I'm married to a nurse, get them on your side and you won't go far wrong.

Everything by the book. document everything and make sure you are aware of things.

There will be loads of PLC systems knocking about, espicially on the AHU's as these will control the positive or negative attitude of the system. It may pay you if you already don't have it a basic knowledge of them

BMS systems are also prevlant in hospitals. Again it would be a good idea to gen up on them wether it is a controlalbe type of just register. As these are notouriuos for developing a "non" fault by giving false readings.

Thanks for that, some good advice.

Do you have any info or fault finding stuff on the above systems?

Thanks