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You can use key words or full statement to search by. Alternatively you can simply browse by Category belowVatech America recommends that you contact your Authorized Dealer for service. Most service is outlined in your user manual 'Care & maintenance" section.
Maintenance Objectives:
Typically your dealer will do a visual inspection of the unit of the most common operational protocols up to but not limited to the following:
Typically Daily/monthly/yearly CT calibration checks are not required unless outlined in your local State/Province special requirements (See local regulations). In some cases certain areas will require even when not technically needed; a specific yearly check or evaluation process for record.
Maintenance & Quality Assurance Schedule:
The following manufacure guidelines should be used In those areas NOT requiring more frequent checks. Please see the attached Manual schedule for CT Check Maintenance Schedule.
Vatech Recommended Quality Test | |||||
No | Mode | Description | Recommended Frequency |
Operator | Instrument |
1 | Pano/Ceph | Alignment of the X-Ray beam (4% Cut) | Yearly | Service | EZAlign |
2 | CT | Alignment of the X-Ray beam (4% Cut) | Yearly | Service | EZAlign |
3 | CT | CT Noise | Yearly | Service/QA | EzEval |
4 | CT | Image Homogeneity - Uniformity | Yearly | Service/QA | EzEval |
5 | CT | Mean CT Number | Yearly | Service/QA | EzEval |
6 | CT | Low Contrast Resolution | Yearly | Service | EzEval |
7 | CT | High Contrast Resolution | Yearly | Service | EzEval |
Scatter & Other Regulatory reports
All scater, leakage, Xray Dose and Dap reports can be found by visitng here: Regulatory Reports
Regulatory By State Requirements:
All State and local codes are to be provided by the respected local regulatory commissions or agencies in your area. For the Regulatory guide by State; simply locate the document for your state please visit here: Regulatory by State .
Note: Vatech America provides the fore mentioned solely as a guide line; and can change with out notice. Please check with your local regulatory for any discrepancies.