Following are excerpts from the new CPN Power Brochure
discussing Multi-Modality Power Protection.
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Why is Power Protection Required?

For too many years medical equipment has gone unprotected against power disturbances, power anomalies,and power outages. Radiologists, cardiologists, and oncologists have lived with many medical equipment, imaging, and patient issues as a result of power problems without realizing that power was the problem. As medical equipment costs continue to soar and the need for uptime continues to rise, it has become much more imperative for power protection that assures equipment reliability and, often times, uninterrupted operation. At the same time that medical equipment costs are rising, the cost of multi-modality power protection has dramatically reduced. In addition the technology changes in some power protection equipment allow for multiple modalities to be supported by one central Power Conditioner or Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). The culmination of these events has opened the door for power protection of the complete radiology, cardiology, and/or oncology department(s).

Multi-Modality Power Protection Comes of Age

For many years the common approach toward power protection was a one-to-one approach. One isolation transformer to one linear accelerator, one power conditioner to one CT Scanner, or one UPS to one MRI. In some cases, this one-to-one support is still the best approach toward power protection. In the case of a single piece of radiology equipment within an imaging center or a single MRI placed near the ER in a hospital, the one-to-one approach makes sense. But for many more applications, multiple pieces of radiology equipment are often within close proximity to each other. These applications are much better served using a single, central Double Conversion Power Conditioner (DCPC) or an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).