Clement N.Y.A Appiah Anokye

Experience

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  Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

  Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

  National Service Personnel-National Blood Transfusion Service Service

  Separation of blood into its components and storing them.General blood testsObserved and assisted in maintenance activities done by service technicians.

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  Ministry of Health Ghana-Biomedical Engineering Unit

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Internship Trainee

  Healthcare Technology Management Case studies on Oxygen concentration and Anesthesia unit with related gas equipmentLaboratory Equipment

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  Ghana Health Service

  Aug 2015 - Sept 2018

  Clinical Engineering Manager-Sandema Hospital (Builsa North and South Districts)

  • Prepared schedules and participated in the installation, servicing, and repairs of equipment in the hospital which served over 100,000 people from both far and near.• Disseminating guidelines on the appropriate use of equipment, and structured training for about 102 staff.• Implementing procedures, protocols, and standards for maintenance programs in the facility which reduced equipment downtime by 60%.• Ensuring compliance on the appropriate use of equipment ensuring judicious use of equipment accessories and spares parts resulting in a reduction in over purchase of accessories and adequate use of resources.• Created the first database for over 512 pieces of equipment in the facility and designed and successfully implemented the first planned maintenance planned. • Implemented skills gained from undergoing training from Namarka’s service technician ( Mr. Damba) to service hematology analyser (Sysmex kx-21) and Chemistry analyser (Junoir Spectra), hence drastically reducing downtime and subsequently reducing the waiting time of patient at the medical laboratory department. • Rehabilitated the Radiography unit that was down for over 2years. This saved the hospital over Gh15000 and generated between GH1000 to GH 2000 monthly as internal generated fund (IGF), it also provided employment for an X-ray Technician and saved the indigenes from traveling for over 54km to receive the same services.• Building a distillation plant out of an outmoded autoclave provide enough distilled water for nurses to use in treating wounds and for the Lab scientist to prepare reagents. Also, medical equipment such as hematology analysers, clinical chemistry analysers, tabletop autoclaves, infant incubators and oxygen concentrators that require a regular supply of distilled water in their function had a constant supply. Show less

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  Operation Smile

  Jan 2017 - now

  Biomed-Volunteer

  • Supporting operation smile to transform over 1600 lives in Ghana by implementing measures to ensure safe surgeries.• General medical equipment repairs, calibration, and installation. Management of about 100 pieces of medical equipment.• Ensuring protocols are followed to enhance safe usage of medical equipment as well as ensuring the safety of users.• Serving as a team player for setting up an area for Screening.• Setting up the theatre of usually 6 tables and associated medical equipment needed for surgery.• Autoclaving and general inspection of oxygen cylinders as well as replacing them when empty.• Inventory keeping for unpacking and packing of medical equipment into their respective trunks for shipping.• Liaising with coordinators and other stakeholders to ensure smooth running of events. Show less

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  Ghana Health Service

  Nov 2018 - now

  • Management of over 1007 pieces of medical equipment, ensured timely update of inventory and addition of new equipment to the maintenance schedule. This has ensured remarkable improvement in the functionality index (87% in 2020) and an increase in performance indicators by 52.8% for PPM performance and 56.4 for staff performance.• Assist in disseminating guidelines on the appropriate use of the equipment and structured continuous training and re-training for about 533 staff. This has ensured improvement in the equipment availability and overall lifespans of equipment and their accessories.• Achieved equipment functionality index of 87% in 2020 with only one staff (Clinical Engineering Technologist)• Ensuring compliance on the appropriate use of equipment in the facility to ensure equipment expected lifespan is attained, this is generally beyond 5years.• Assist in preparing annual equipment procurement plan which has positively affected the timely availability of spare parts and accessories to support the use of medical equipment in health care delivery.• Preparing schedules and participating in the installation, servicing, and repairs of equipment in the hospital which served a population of over 1,302,718.• Supporting Regional Directorate to collate facts on medical equipment from 256 community-based health services (CHPS), 46 clinics, 6 district hospitals, 55 health centres, 4 hospitals, and 8 maternity homes. Show less

  • GHS Oxygen Plant Project Team Member

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Senior Clinical Engineering Manager/ Head Of Clinical Engineering Department Upper East Reg. Hosp

    Nov 2018 - now
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  Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.

  Oct 2021 - now

  Facility Oxygen Assessment-Greater Accra Region

  Needs assessment exercise at Korle-bu Teaching Hospital and selected CHAG and Quasi facilities,

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  Mercy Ships

  Nov 2022 - now

  Medical Capacity Building Program Partner

  *Healthcare technology management mentoring in counties at Liberia; inventory taking, PPM scheduling, and medical equipment life cycle planning.* WHO medical equipment donation implementation* Troubleshooting medical equipment and use of proper tools, manuals, and spare parts for the right job*Use of Fluke gas flow analyzer, test lung, Oxygen analyzer, electrical safety analyzer, and patient simulator to verify the performance of medical equipment.

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  University of Ghana Medical Center

  Jul 2024 - now

  Researcher

  Advancing Peripheral Oxygen Saturation Accuracy using Biophysics Informed Machine Learning Techniques to Mitigate Racial Disparity.