A team at the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has won an international quality standard. EEAST has a dedicated team that maintains the trust’s medical devices including defibrillators, ventilators, patient monitoring and oxygen equipment. The certification process provides an enhanced level of assurance to patients, staff and volunteers. It includes an audit of the quality and documentation systems for the whole lifecycle of the trust’s medical devices – from purchase, deployment, servicing and ultimately disposal. EEAST is the first ambulance service in the UK to receive t…