History:

- Institute of medical equipment and construction-design (MEI) was established according to the dicision No 310/BYT/QD by ministry of health dated 21st April 1982.
- The registeration of technology-scientific activity No 399 issued 7th June 1995 by ministry of health.

The board of director:

Director: Eng. Nguyen Xuan Trang
Vice director: Eng. Cao Van Diem

Director
Eng. Nguyen Xuan Trang

Function and tasks:

- Researching the deployment of applying the results of scientific studies of its own institute, other institutes, the medico-pharmaceutical and related universities to design and manufacture the essential medical equipments.

- Researching and designing the models, trial manufacturing and trial using of the common and essential medical equipments.

- Deploying the application and transfering the new technologies; perfecting the manufacturing technologies of the medical equipments which are suitable with Viet Nam people and tropical climate.

- Researching the construction of technical standands, the colour designing standards of medical equipment and the health construction project to submit the ministry of health and counsel the ministry of health in the following aspects:

. Management of research - manufacturation - business of medical equipment.

. Guiding and managing the the import and export of medical equipments.

. Buiding the medical construction project.

- Measuring the standard and verifying the medical equipments that authorized by national general administration of quality standards and measurement.

- Informing - advising - training to uprade the profession of science-technology; receiving transfer and transfering the technologies in medical equipment and construction design.

- Organizing the researching activities and technical services in the medical equipments.

Organizational structure:

. Staff: 133
. Verification department
. Construction design department
 . Scientific commission, standard construction department
. Finance department
. Personnel and account department
. Administration department
. Surgery thread manufacturation workshop
. Medical rubber workshop
. Medical rubber workshop
. Medical equipment manufacturing workshop
. Medical equipment repairing workshop

Verification department:

- Verifying the trade mark and standard of imported and domestic manufacturing medical equipment during use, after major repair and periodically. The dicision of verification authorization No 433/QD-TDC dated 11st October, 1999 by National general administration of quality standard and measurement.
- Consulting, verifying, designing project and making up the record for bid of medical equipment.
- Setting up the process for verification and correction of the medical equipment.
- Inspecting and checking the quality of medical equipments are imported, after major repaire and domestic manufacturation.
- Labos for verification are invested, upgraded and supported by the international organizations. They are installed the modern equipments with high exact.
 - To be authorized to verify the medical equipments as follows:
. X-ray, CT Scanner
. Pressometer
. Oxygen pressometer
. Analysis scale, technical scale and medical scale
. Electrocardiogram and electro encephalogram equipments.
. Correcting and standardizing the anesthesia equipment, respiratory assistane equipment, oxygen riching equipment, supertonic etc... construction project design department.
- Setting up the standards, standardizing the medical construction that are suitable with technical levels.
- Decorating the medical construction project.
- Making the investment project, managing the project of medical construction and popular project at group A or B or C.
- Designing the project, estimating the budget, verifying the project, etc...
- Implementing the services of advice.

Scientific research - standardization:

Setting up the standards of medical equipment, standardizing the medical construction project.
. Informing and training for the medical equipment.
. Researching the deployment of technological application of medical equipment; Many themes were finished and are being applied in practise such as surgery thread, biological membrane, lead rubber, septic hand cleaning, the traditional medicine extract equipment.

Production and business:

. Production of thread
. Production of the biological membran
. Dividing the chemical for test.
. Pilot reagent production

The surgery thread and biological membrane were rewarded the gold medals at the international faire of Viet Nam industrial products in 1994, 1998, and 1999.

. Production of transfusion set with standard of medical hygience.
. Production of cabinet for drug storage.
. Production of septic hand cleaning
. Production of cabinet for toxic gas filter
. Production of closet for microbiological culture

Production of rubber:

. Production of lead rubber for X-ray room (gold medel 1999)
. Leading and guiding the techniques of painting of materials for anti-Xray
. Some major achievement:
+ MEI is authorized in verifying teh pressure equipments such as: Autoclare, oxygen jug, blood pressometer, X-ray equipment and CT scanner.
+ Verifying the design projects of hospitals are standardized.
+ Applying the results of research in production of catgut from intestine of cow insteads of instestine of cat or sheep: 1 million of metres per year.
+ Designing and manufacturing the septic water filting equipment.
+ Exclusive manufacturing the lead rubber for anti X-ray
+ Pilot production: traditional medicine extract equipment.

Biological membrane vinachitin for burn treatment and 6 themes are being applied producing

Some services:

. Catgut sizes: 000, 00, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4.
. Catgut cromic: sizes: 000, 00, 0, 1, 2, 3
. Peelon thread: sizes: 1, 2
. Silk thread:

Chemical:

. Reagents and marker: Hematoxylin, Fuchsinuasic, Funchsinfenic, thiosemicacbazit, Dyaxetylmonoxil...
. Pure chemicals: sodium citrate, sodium chloride, K2HPO4, Na2HPO4 glycerine...
. Solvents
. Pure acids
. Industrial chemical: NaOH, KOH, K2Cr2O4, benzoic acid.