EEAST team first in country to win global quality certification
Date: 12 February 2024A team at the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has won an international quality standard.
EEAST has a dedicated team that maintains the Trust’s medical devices. Medical devices are lifesaving essentials such as:
- defibrillators,
- ventilators,
- patient monitoring,
- and oxygen equipment.
The certification process provides an enhanced level of assurance to patients, staff and volunteers. It includes an audit of the quality and documentation systems for the whole lifecycle of the Trust’s medical devices - from purchase, deployment, servicing and ultimately disposal.
EEAST is the first ambulance service in the UK to receive the global ISO 13485:2016 accreditation for medical devices.
Katie Birkenhead, Head of Medical Devices said: “This certification is a fantastic achievement for the team, they have all worked incredibly hard and it is a credit to their commitment.
“ISO accreditation has been an ambition of mine for many years, and I'm proud that we’ve successfully delivered our goal.”
