Scientific Equipments Maintenance Service
Area of Scientific Equipment
Among the core objectives of the Institute, building national capacity in maintaining scientific Equipment and provision of maintenance service, provision of technical, informational, training and consultancy services to support end user-institutions in efficiently and hassle freely performing their own undertakings reflect the focus and direction of the institute’s intervention in the area of scientific equipment.
What does “Scientific Equipment” Mean?
Although depending on the practical circumstances and economic development the definition of scientific instrument could vary slightly, according to the directive, No. 194/2010, enacted by the Council of Ministers of the FDRE, the term scientific Instrument is defined as follow.
“Scientific Instrument means a device used for, Research and Development, Education and training, Quality control and inspection, Metrology, or Diagnosis and treatment of human being and animals”
Why is Scientific Equipment a Critical Issue?
In the effort that the country is exerting to follow the pace of the current dynamic and rapidly changing science and technology development, scientific research; investigations and analysis; product quality monitoring, testing, controlling, and other scientific undertakings could not meet the envisaged outcomes unless in one way or another scientific equipment are effectively utilized.
Because of this reason and in general terms, as almost all scientific equipment are imported foreign technologies, the mismatch between the investment for their acquisition and expected results by utilizing them for purpose on one hand and the sluggish effort to replace them through scientific research by local products on the other are core issues making scientific equipment issue to become more critical than ever.
Sub-areas of Scientific Equipment
The services that are being rendered at a national level bases on the life cycle of scientific equipment, more specifically on selection, acquisition, utilization and disposal sub-processes. The service also is rendered by creating four sub-areas of scientific equipment considering the principles of scientific foundation for their design, the areas of scientific application where they are used and to performance of engineering undertakings in organized way. The sub-areas of scientific equipment, namely, are medical, measuring and analysis, nuclear and electromechanical.
Medical Equipment:
Are equipment used in human and animal health service provision and research institutions for the purpose of diagnosis diseases, treatment of illness, patient monitoring, artificial organ implants, life sustaining and other clinical related services. Medical equipment such as ultrasound, Electrocardiograph, patient monitor, Electro-surgical unit, Infusion pumps, ventilators are indicative in the list.
Measuring and Analysis Equipment
Are Equipment used in scientific research and service rendering laboratories more specifically in non-medical laboratories, for the purpose of measurement of physical quantities, separating and analyzing chemical compounds and solutions, testing, quality control etc. For instance, chromatographs, spectrophotometers, calibrators (voltage, current, pressure, temperature etc.) analytical balances, pH-meters, conductivity meters, are indicative list of measuring and testing equipment
Nuclear Equipment
Are equipment based on sources that emit ionizing radiation used in medical and non-medical laboratories/facilities for the purpose of medical diagnostic imaging and treatment, monitoring processes, determination and analysis, detecting and measuring etc. Medical diagnostic and industrial X-ray machines, gamma cameras, survey meters, nuclear gauges, dose-meters, gamma spectrometers etc. are indicative list of nuclear equipment.
Electro-mechanical Equipment:
Is equipment that exists in considerable quantity in medical and nonmedical laboratories, used for the purposes of controlling and maintain environmental conditioning, keeping specimen, separating solutions for analysis, sterilizing, culturing etc. For instance, autoclaves, centrifuges, refrigerators, hoods, ovens, shakers, etc. are indicative list of Electro-mechanical Equipment.