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O*NET detailed work activityMaintain medical equipment or instruments
Stays humanHands-on care
24 jobs28 tasks
Physical care and clinical work need trained hands, close observation and a person who is accountable at the bedside or chairside.
Part of Maintain medical equipment or instruments, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 2 AI-assist, 26 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Maintain or repair endoscopic equipment.
- Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- Maintain instruments, equipment, or machinery to ensure proper working condition.
- Maintain ophthalmic instruments or equipment.
- Clean, maintain, and sterilize instruments or equipment.
- Calibrate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) console or peripheral hardware.
- Supervise maintenance of exercise or exercise testing equipment.
- Maintain equipment or furniture to keep it in good working condition, including performing the assembly or disassembly of equipment or accessories.
- Calibrate exercise or testing equipment.
- Adjust and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to other equipment and to environments.
- Request anesthesia equipment repairs, adjustments, or safety tests.
- Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
- Calibrate or maintain machines, such as those used for plasma collection.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Clean, disinfect, or calibrate scopes or other endoscopic instruments according to manufacturer recommendations and facility standards.
- Maintain dental equipment and sharpen and sterilize dental instruments.
- Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.
- Pretest and calibrate anesthesia delivery systems and monitors.
- Assemble, clean, or maintain equipment or materials for patient use.
- Calibrate and test anesthesia equipment.
- Inspect, clean, test, and maintain respiratory therapy equipment to ensure equipment is functioning safely and efficiently, ordering repairs when necessary.
- Maintain and clean equipment, work areas, or shelves.
- Operate and maintain steam autoclaves, keeping records of loads completed, items in loads, and maintenance procedures performed.
- Calibrate, troubleshoot, or repair equipment and correct malfunctions, as needed.
- Clean and help maintain equipment or work areas and sterilize glassware, according to prescribed methods.
- Check, test, and maintain cardiology equipment, making minor repairs when necessary, to ensure proper operation.
- Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
- Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment, and replenish first aid equipment and supplies.
- Perform team support duties, such as running errands, maintaining equipment, or stocking supplies.