Mute Testimony

 Here is a good example of why yearly inspections are needed. This hydrocollator was operating normally.  I was checking it and it was reading over 2 amps of electrical leakage current.  The maximum allowable under code is 350 MICRO amps!  Had someone been touching this unit AND managed to ground themselves, it would have been a major electrical shock and possible death. 

 The heating element was still in one piece when it was inside the tank. Here you can see how the heating element has split and is allowing the electrical current to use the water in the tank as a conductor and thereby also making a connection to the metal outside wall of the tank itself. 

And here is what a new heating element inside a hydrocollator looks like.  The thing is, unless you inspection and regularly check the equipment out, you would never know the possible hazard in your clinic.