Medical equipment comes in a bewildering variety. Just as in industry, except for rare cases where a senior expert (a medical engineer in the case of hospitals) is available to repair bugged machines, those with Y2K problems will have to rely on the original suppliers to upgrade or replace defective machines.
由於醫療儀器種類繁雜，正如製造業的機具及程監控問題一樣，除了少數可以靠著資深老醫工（醫事工程人員）的巧手修正外，大多數還是得仰賴原廠的升級或汰換服務。