Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon

Programme Overview

Healthcare delivery systems depend heavily on the continuous availability and precision of clinical devices.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​⁣ This professional four-day programme in Lisbon equips participants with structured techniques to oversee biomedical assets from commissioning through decommissioning. Addressing practical challenges faced by public hospitals and donor-financed health interventions, the course delivers rigorous instruction on preventive maintenance scheduling, medical device calibration, regulatory alignment, and risk-based asset prioritisation to ensure clinical safety, minimise downtime, and protect institutional capital expenditure.

Delegates will focus directly on the governance and technical administration of intensive care and diagnostic assets. The curriculum explores standard operating procedures aligned with World Health Organisation guidance for medical equipment management, ISO 13485 quality systems, and IEC 62353 standards for recurrent testing of electrical medical devices. Through guided exercises, attendees learn to evaluate vendor service level agreements, manage spare parts inventories, and supervise calibration routines critical to life-support systems.

Moving beyond theoretical concepts, the training offers intensive exposure to operational planning tools. Participants develop robust digital asset registers, construct phased servicing schedules, and apply audit methodologies designed to detect maintenance deficits before equipment failure occurs. By the conclusion of the workshop, attendees possess the administrative and technical competencies required to lead equipment maintenance units, satisfy external statutory audits, and maximise the working lifespans of critical care machinery.

Public healthcare facilities and development programmes have integrated substantial volumes of advanced critical care and diagnostic technologies to address public health emergencies, notably through interventions like the Zimbabwe COVID-19 Emergency Response Project.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​⁣ Without structured maintenance schedules, lifecycle tracking, and disciplined service contract management, these vital capital investments face premature breakdown, leaving health systems vulnerable. Establishing professional maintenance planning and asset auditing systems safeguards these resources, guarantees continuity of patient care, and ensures accountability to national health authorities and international financing institutions.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Lisbon, Portugal, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• Core principles of healthcare technology management based on World Health Organisation guidelines
• Structuring institutional asset inventories using standardised medical device nomenclature
• Assessing initial acceptance, commissioning, and barcoding protocols for arriving hospital machinery
• Application of ISO 13485 and ISO 14971 standards to institutional maintenance operations
• Establishing baseline registers and functional condition rating matrices for capital equipment
• Developing scheduled preventive maintenance routines versus corrective breakdown interventions
• Risk-based equipment prioritisation and assigning maintenance intervals for critical care devices
• Work order processing, documentation management, and tracking mean time to repair
• Fraud risk assessment and fraud risk registers
• Design and testing of internal controls
• The Three Lines model and the role of oversight
• Audit planning, evidence and documentation

It is designed for biomedical engineers and clinical technicians working in referral and district public hospitals, hospital asset register coordinators and medical equipment inventory officers, hospital support directors and health infrastructure administrators and others who want practical, current skills in fraud, audit and internal control.

The Growing Importance of Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon

Public bodies and donor-financed projects are expected to show that funds are used for their intended purpose. Auditors, oversight bodies and financiers increasingly look beyond the financial statements to the controls, records and behaviours behind them.

Fraud and control weaknesses rarely come from one failure. They grow where roles are unclear, records are incomplete and warning signs are not followed up. Teams that understand how fraud happens, and how controls stop it, protect both their institution and the people it serves.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Identify and rate fraud and control risks in their own processes
• Design controls that are proportionate and testable
• Gather and document reliable audit evidence
• Recognise red flags early and escalate them correctly
• Turn findings into practical, agreed actions

Strong fraud, audit and internal control systems help organisations:

• Reduce losses and ineligible expenditure
• Pass external audits with fewer findings
• Strengthen trust with financiers and citizens
• Respond to allegations in a fair and documented way

This Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training?

This programme is designed for:

• Biomedical engineers and clinical technicians working in referral and district public hospitals
• Hospital asset register coordinators and medical equipment inventory officers
• Hospital support directors and health infrastructure administrators
• Project management unit engineers coordinating donor-financed health equipment portfolios
• Ministry of health medical logistics, maintenance, and clinical engineering officers
• Clinical audit and healthcare quality assurance personnel
• Public procurement specialists managing medical equipment maintenance and supply contracts
• Facilities management heads responsible for auxiliary power and hospital medical gas infrastructure
• Internal auditors and audit managers
• Finance managers and accountants
• Compliance and risk officers
• Procurement officers and managers

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training, participants will be able to:

• Construct comprehensive digital biomedical equipment inventories aligned with international naming systems
• Design scheduled preventive maintenance programmes for intensive care and general clinical apparatus
• Formulate rigorous service level agreements and warranty monitoring protocols for private vendors
• Conduct electrical safety and calibration testing procedures in compliance with IEC 62353 standards
• Implement risk-based auditing methodologies to determine physical condition and operational readiness of hospital assets
• Establish spare parts supply chain protocols to reduce critical equipment turnaround and downtime
• Calculate lifecycle asset depreciation and total cost of ownership to inform capital replacement budgets
• Explain how and why fraud happens, using recognised fraud risk models
• Carry out a fraud and control risk assessment for a real process
• Map controls to risks using the Three Lines model

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training Methodology

The training employs a practical, adult-learning methodology suited to professional engineers and public sector managers.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​⁣ Delivered in person in Lisbon, the programme alternates between interactive presentations of international frameworks and hands-on laboratory-style planning sessions. Delegates work with realistic clinical equipment registers, scrutinise genuine service contract scenarios, and perform guided auditing exercises. Structured peer discussions allow participants to address operational bottlenecks encountered in their home institutions, culminating in the construction of tailored equipment maintenance schedules and institutional audit frameworks.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training, participants will be able to:

• Ability to build and modernise institutional medical equipment registers using digital databases
• Capacity to schedule and supervise routine preventive maintenance on intensive care technologies
• Competence in drafting, negotiating, and auditing third-party biomedical service contracts
• Proficiency in executing safety and calibration checks according to international standards
• Skills to lead technical asset verification audits for donor-funded healthcare investments
• Readiness to formulate lifecycle replacement and decommissioning strategies for public facilities
• Assess fraud and control risks in their own processes
• Design and test proportionate controls

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Fraud and corruption risk management
• Internal control frameworks
• Audit and oversight arrangements
• Follow-up of audit findings
• Integrity and reporting channels

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Risk registers and control maps
• Audit planning and testing
• Evidence and documentation
• Reporting to management and boards
• Prevention of ineligible expenditure

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply fraud, audit and internal control within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in fraud, audit and internal control increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on fraud, audit and internal control. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to fraud, audit and internal control that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Lisbon, Portugal brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how fraud, audit and internal control is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Portugal

Training programmes and study tours in Lisbon suit professionals focusing on public sector governance, maritime affairs, renewable energy, and urban administration. Delegates attend from across Europe, North Africa, and Portuguese-speaking nations in Africa and South America.

Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Readiness Assessment
• Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with Breakfast
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon Training Manual
• Fraud Risk Register Template
• Control Mapping Matrix
• Audit Evidence Checklist
• Findings and Follow-up Tracker
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Fraud Risk Self-Assessment Guide
• Control Testing Checklist
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions identify and rate fraud and control risks in their own processes?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Biomedical Asset Registration, Classification, and Regulatory Frameworks), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions design controls that are proportionate and testable?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Maintenance Strategies, Planning, and Technical Servicing Schedules), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions gather and document reliable audit evidence?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Vendor Contracts, Spare Parts Management, and Calibration Audits), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions recognise red flags early and escalate them correctly?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Operational Auditing, Capital Renewal, and Action Plan Formulation), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions turn findings into practical, agreed actions?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Biomedical Asset Registration, Classification, and Regulatory Frameworks), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Biomedical Equipment Maintenance Planning and Auditing in Lisbon programme take place?

It runs from 15 Mar 2027 to 18 Mar 2027, in Lisbon, Portugal. The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for biomedical engineers and clinical technicians working in referral and district public hospitals, hospital asset register coordinators and medical equipment inventory officers, hospital support directors and health infrastructure administrators, project management unit engineers coordinating donor-financed health equipment portfolios, and others who want practical skills in fraud, audit and internal control.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in fraud, audit and internal control?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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