![]() ( 12) summarised that the affecting factors are management, resources, information bank, service, inspection, education, and quality control. Failure of medical equipment may affect the healthcare services effectiveness and cause severe injury to the patients and harm the environment ( 11). Maintenance management of medical equipment is crucial to ensure that a machine operates in accordance with manufacturer specifications and guarantees the patients and users safety ( 10). ![]() As the medical equipment aids various services in the healthcare sector, the management representative, such as clinical engineers, must monitor and upkeep the assets by performing several maintenances works throughout the equipment life cycle ( 8, 9). Medical equipment is a crucial asset that substantially contributes to the effectiveness and healthcare services quality enhancement ( 6, 7). The delivery of healthcare services to the communities are significantly affected without effective management implementation ( 3– 5). Managing assets and facilities is one of the significant features in ensuring the continuity of primary and support business activities in healthcare services ( 2). The advancement has improved survivability in the face of disease or injury and greatly enhanced patients' life quality through an improved diagnosis and therapeutic results. The growing sophistication of medical equipment has significantly improved the individual and society's health ( 1). Finally, the recommendations for future works are presented at the end of this study. The reliability assessment done in these eight attributes will aid clinical engineers in executing a strategic maintenance action, which can increase the equipment's availability, upkeep the performance, optimise the resources, and eventually contributes in providing effective healthcare service to the community. Applying the eight attributes extracted from computerised asset maintenance management system will assist the clinical engineers in assessing the reliability of medical equipment utilised in healthcare institution. The review managed to classify eight categories of medical equipment reliability attributes, namely equipment features, function, maintenance requirement, performance, risk and safety, availability and readiness, utilisation, and cost. A total of 16 articles were included in this study by adopting Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). The searching processes were conducted in January 2020. A systematic searching was undertaken in several databases, including Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct, IEEE Xplore, Emerald, Springer, Medline, and Dimensions, from 2000 to 2020. The study aimed to perform a systematic review in extracting and categorising the input parameters applied in assessing the medical equipment condition. The assessment of the medical equipment condition is an important activity during the maintenance and management of the equipment life cycle to increase availability, performance, and safety. The problems are frequently due to a deficiency in managing and maintaining the medical equipment condition by the responsible party. Generally, healthcare institutions experience malfunctioning and unavailability of medical equipment that affects the healthcare services delivery to the public. Medical equipment highly contributes to the effectiveness of healthcare services quality. 4School of Computer Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, India.3Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Nilai, Malaysia.2Engineering Services Department, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia.1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Aizat Hilmi Zamzam 1,2 Ahmad Khairi Abdul Wahab 1 Muhammad Mokhzaini Azizan 3 * Suresh Chandra Satapathy 4 Khin Wee Lai 1 Khairunnisa Hasikin 1 * ![]()
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