SURVEYING FOR OPTIMAL LOCALE
An NMLC team from the Medical Equipment & Logistics
Solution (MELS) Directorate consisting of the lead clinical
engineer, a logistician, and two biomedical equipment
technicians, went to Afghanistan in April 2011 to complete
a site survey of the areas that were being considered for the
MRI placements.
The site survey team answered questions such as: Is
there an adequate power supply at each site?; What happens
when that power supply is interrupted?--the systems must