BS EN 60601-2-46:2011
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Medical electrical equipment Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of operating tables
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19-11-2019
English
30-09-2011
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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
201.1 Scope, object and related standards
201.2 Normative references
201.3 Terms and definitions
201.4 General requirements
201.5 General requirements for testing ME EQUIPMENT
201.6 Classification of ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS
201.7 ME EQUIPMENT identification, marking and documents
201.8 Protection against electrical HAZARDS from ME
EQUIPMENT
201.9 Protection against mechanical hazards of ME EQUIPMENT
and ME SYSTEMS
201.10 Protection against unwanted and excessive radiation
HAZARDS
201.11 Protection against excessive temperatures and other
HAZARDS
201.12 Accuracy of controls and instruments and protection
against hazardous outputs
201.13 Hazardous situations and fault conditions
201.14 PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRICAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS
(PEMS)
201.15 Construction of ME EQUIPMENT
201.16 ME SYSTEMS
201.17 Electromagnetic compatibility of ME EQUIPMENT and
ME SYSTEMS
202 Electromagnetic compatibility - Requirements and tests
Annexes
Annex G (normative) - Protection against hazards of ignition of
flammable anaesthetic mixtures
Annex AA (informative) - Particular guidance and rationale
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
publications with their corresponding European
publications
Annex ZZ (informative) - Coverage of Essential Requirements
of EC Directives
Index of defined terms used in this particular standard
Defines safety requirements for OPERATING TABLES, whether or not having electrical parts, including TRANSPORTERS, used for the transportation of the table top to or from the base or pedestal of an OPERATING TABLE with detachable table top.
| Committee |
CH/62/4
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 5724-2.22(1987) & 93/501190 DC. (11/2005) Supersedes BS 5724-2.46(1998) and 09/30175700 DC. (09/2011)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
28
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
IEC 60601-2-46:2010 specifies safety requirements for operating tables, whether or not having electrical parts, including transporters, used for the transportation of the table top to or from the base or pedestal of an operating table with detachable table top. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1998 and constitutes a technical revision. This edition of IEC 60601-2-46 was revised to align structurally with the 2005 edition of IEC 60601-1.
| Standards | Relationship |
| I.S. EN 60601-2-46:2011 | Identical |
| EN 60601-2-46:2011 | Identical |
| NF EN 60601-2-46 : 2012 | Identical |
| DIN EN 60601-2-46 : 2011 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 60601-2-46:2000 | Identical |
| SN EN 60601-2-46 : 1998 | Identical |
| IEC 60601-2-46:2010 | Identical |
| EN 60060-3:2006 | Identical |
| IEC 60601-2-46:2016 | Identical |
| IEC 60601-1-2:2014 | Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests |
| EN 60601-1-2:2015 | Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests |
| IEC 60601-2-2:2017 | Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-2: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of high frequency surgical equipment and high frequency surgical accessories |
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