Introduction
We are proud to announce the Scancare Academy and our very first course, Understanding & Implementing Product Families, is available now and its completely free to enroll.
[fa icon="calendar'] 08-Sep-2020 14:27:10 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187, Product Families, AS/NZS 4187
We are proud to announce the Scancare Academy and our very first course, Understanding & Implementing Product Families, is available now and its completely free to enroll.
[fa icon="calendar'] 18-Sep-2019 12:23:44 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
On 30th September 2016, I published my blog ‘NSHQS extend AS4187:2014 implementation deadline’ that discussed the NSQHS Advisory No. A16/03 which related to an implementation extension until December 2021.
[fa icon="calendar'] 19-Mar-2019 08:37:00 / by Michael Stanton posted in Surgical Instruments, AS/NZS4187, cssd
When people ask me about instrument tracking, there are are number of things I need to find out from them so that I get an idea of what they want to track. So I begin by asking them what they would like to track:
[fa icon="calendar'] 27-Nov-2018 13:57:57 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
By far the most perplexing issue for customers and delegates I talk to at conferences is Product Families.
This topic is the most read on my blog and our free guide to product family categorisation is by far the most downloaded resource on our web site.
The purpose of this post is to challenge the methodology used in the ISO/TS 17665-3 (ISO) standard by asking ‘Why does it need to be that way?’
[fa icon="calendar'] 07-Nov-2017 14:33:00 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
In August 2015 we wrote about the implications of the new AS/NZS4187 standard on office based healthcare facilities. It is the second best read article on our blog and we have now created snapshot video that covers the main points. See below.
[fa icon="calendar'] 03-May-2017 06:40:00 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
[fa icon="calendar'] 30-Mar-2017 14:31:30 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
Blog posts and downloads related to product families blogs are by far the most accessed content on our website. By a long way.
And it’s with good reason. The concept of product families can be extremely complicated and confusing.
[fa icon="calendar'] 30-Sep-2016 12:48:15 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
Just yesterday, I received an email informing me that the AS 4187 compliance deadline of December this year had been extended.
The news surprised me. Our subscription to SAI Global Standards watch would normally have alerted us if there had been an amendment in the standard. So I searched high and low on the SAI Global site and then Standards Australia and then the old trusty Google.However I was unable to find anything. So I mentioned it to our Office Manager who then went off and tried her luck with Google.
[fa icon="calendar'] 05-Jul-2016 07:00:00 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
The new version of AS/NZS 4187 released on the 15th December last year brought some very significant changes to the previous standard. One of the most significant ones being the standards reference to Product Families.
[fa icon="calendar'] 21-Jun-2016 07:30:00 / by Michael Stanton posted in AS/NZS4187
With the deadline for implementation of AS4187 2014 coming up fast, I thought that it may be worthwhile to take another look at product families.
There seems to be a lot of interest in AS4187 and product families and my blog of August 2015 is by far our most read page on our website. The helpful categorisation guide gets downloaded several times each week.
At ScanCARE we help nursing and theatre managers and their teams to safely navigate what can seem like a minefield of regulations and standards.
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