本标准旨在通过识别和描述各种维护策略和方法，向医疗技术管理（HTM）专业人员提供基本信息，以高效、有效和及时地维护医疗设施中的医疗设备。该标准既不要求也不要求使用这些具体策略中的任何一种，而是一般性地讨论了这些方法的使用及其潜在的优缺点。本标准确定了可纳入医疗设备管理计划的一般维护策略和程序。

This standard is intended to provide basic information to health care technology management (HTM) professionals by identifying and describing in general various maintenance strategies and methods for efficient, effective, and timely maintenance of medical equipment in health care facilities. The standard neither mandates nor requires that any of these specific strategies be used, but instead discusses in general the uses of these methods and their potential advantages and disadvantages.This standard identifies general maintenance strategies and procedures that might be incorporated into a medical equipment management plan.