Below is a general list of office equipment you’ll need for your clinic:
-
EKG machine
- Glucometer
- Pulse oximeter
- Differently sized BP cuffs
- Blue light
- Vision chart
- Ear irrigation kits
- Lab supplies (cultures- bacterial and viral, rapid strep, rapid flu, urine dip sticks, urine pregnancy test,
UDS (in-office), all colored tops for labs (get a list from the lab as to what lab test for which tube)
- Differently sized butterflies and reg needles
- Stool culture kits
- Urine cups with wipes
- Tourniquets
- Microscope with slides (if needed).
- Otoscope/ophthalmoscope
- Mercury rectal thermometer
- Nebulizer
- Tubing
- Peak flow meter
- Scale – for both adults and infants
-
AED
- Allergic reaction kit (contents listed in
DPC Manual)
- Oxygen tank with a nasal cannula
- Desktops – you don’t need a supercomputer – aim for $300-500 for a decent tower type computer – it’ll be plenty for your practice
- Apple or PC is your preference and budget
- Smartphone for after-hours patient communication
- One multi-function type printer
- Thermal (dymo) printers for lab labels, shipping, Rx bottles
- Dropbox account for online file storage (PRN)
- Greeting cards
- Thermometer for the fridge if storing medicines, http://idealsciences.com/common-questions/
- Medical equipment – gently used on eBay is fantastic
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