Mike,
<I have worked in the design of more than half of those medical intruments that you listed above and I can tell you with 100% certainty that there is absolutly no problem with the date, and none of those devices use any date info to perform the life saving functions.>
BS
<CK Houston, could you please do us a favor. If you're going to do research, can you look through the article you find to see if it makes sense before posting.>
You're talking to the wrong person, Mike. Contact Scott & White hospital and ask THEM to stop hyping.Tell them that they're wasting their time because you're right ..... and they're wrong.
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Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas has recently begun evaluating medical devices for year 2000 compliancy. They report that the same brand, batch /date, model can have differences in the compliancy of the individual units. As of October, 1997, they have found problems in anesthesia monitors, fetal monitors, and an MRI machine. Other types of equipment that have failed year 2000 testing at other healthcare sites are: infusion pumps in intravenous drips, heart defibrillators, pacemaker and intensive care monitors, CT scans, dialysis, chemotherapy and radiation equipment, and laboratory, radiology and other diagnostic systems."
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<Very often, those so-called experts have their own agenda.>
So, Mike, what's the agenda of these people, at Scott & White Hospital, who are testing these devices? Saving lives? Or, making money off of Y2K hype?
Cheryl
P.S. The above was provided by someone working on Y2K for the state of Texas. |
