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In the United States there is a close association between medical technology management (clinical engineering) and healthcare facility management (facility engineering). It is useful for clinical engineers to understand the work of facility engineers because both professions represent the application of engineering expertise to support safe and effective patient care. This article provides an overview of healthcare facility management practice in the United States.
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Over the past ten years the American College of Clinical Engineering has conducted numerous Advanced Clinical Engineering Workshops in developing countries around the world. Most of the recent workshops have been conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean in cooperation with the Pan American Health Organization, an affiliate of the World Health Organization. This presentation describes workshop objectives and topics. It also describes the author's participation in workshops conducted in Costa Rica (2002) and El Salvador (2003).