On the question of the feasibility of forming a technical classifier as a necessary tool for a medical device fleet management system

Providing the population with high-quality, safe and timely medical care at the achieved technological level is impossible without the use of modern, high-tech medical products. In this regard, the formation of a medical device (MD) fleet management system seems absolutely necessary, which requires tools that allow determining the key characteristics of management objects. The existing classification system characterizes MD according to their functional purpose and level of potential risk of use, without taking into account the key technical characteristics and properties of the product. Aim. Justification for the need to classify medical products according to basic technical properties. Materials and methods. Interstate and National standards of the Russian Federation regulating the circulation of MD, as well as an electronic database containing information on failures of MD in medical organizations, were used as information materials. Statistical processing and analysis of the failure rate of similar MD was carried out using the linear regression method, with the calculation of the Pearson correlation coefficient (r), taking into account the reliability coefficient p < 0.05. Results. Using the example of computed tomographs, showed a strong direct connection between which company produced the medical product and the frequency of malfunctions of the products (r = 0.986), and also proposed a variant of their classification according to one of the main technical properties characterizing reliability – resistance to failure. The study confirmed the possibility of forming a classifier of MD from the standpoint of quantitative characteristics of their technical properties. Conclusion. The presence of such a classifier will make it possible to determine models of medical equipment that have the best technical characteristics, for example, those that are more reliable and adaptable to maintenance and repair. This will minimize the risks associated with emergency failures of medical products, as well as increase the level of readiness of products in the diagnostic and treatment process. With this article, the authors open a series of publications devoted to the creation of a classifier of MD from a technical point of view, bringing to open discussion the question of the feasibility of its formation.