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Posted By Tim
Hi,
We have a defibrillator that we need to decommission.
What is the correct way to go about this ?
Thanks in anticipation
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Posted By garyr
I would advise contacting these people enquiries@resus.org.uk. They should be able to give a definitive answer.
It may be no more than following the wee regs
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Posted By David Bannister
Hi Tim, if the unit is still in good working order, have you considered making a gift of it to an organisation who may be able to make good use of it eg First Responders or Mountain Rescue? They may of course refuse your offer but they may also welcome it.
I know that the risk-averse will be horrified at this suggestion but a well-run charity will be able to accept your gift and implement their own risk management systems to ensure continued safe use whilst you should be able to make it clear that the gift is made with no ongoing liability for failure etc.
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Posted By Dave Merchant
Assuming you're disposing of it because it's broken, then treat it as normal WEEE waste - but the battery has to be disposed of individually.
David - liability aside, a charity is not a place to dump unwanted life-critical equipment that isn't 100% functional, in-date and serviced. The people they attend have just as much right to survive a heart attack as the people in a workplace, and the charity has the same legal duty to ensure all their equipment is in perfect working order. I don't like the suggestion, be it inadvertent, that they'll make do with any old junk because it's free.
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Posted By David Bannister
Dave, my suggestion to donate this to a good user was qualified by "if the unit is still in good working order" and I certainly do not advocating "dumping" this on a charity. The ones I mentioned could put a working defib. unit to very good use and would save lives with it.
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Posted By Dave Merchant
I appreciate that caveat, but if there's nothing wrong with the AED, why would you want to try and escape future liability? If it's as-new, simply sell it to them for a pound and let yourself be named as the retailer.
If it failed when needed, I don't think a charity would be happy answering a civil claim from a relative with "we were given it by XYX Ltd, but they made us sign to say it might not be any good..."
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Posted By Adam Worth
To back up David Bannister.
Some units can be used with training pads - although not functional as a defib it may work fine for training purposes and be ideal for a charity organisation.
It all depends on whats wrong with it, if it's just going because the plant is then donation is ideal! - often new batteries and some new firmware work a treat.
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Posted By Mike DF
Why not contact the original supplier or manufacturer for their advice?
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