You haven't overlooked anything Bob. The standard was written to allow the intended use environment dictate the emissions class. In most of Europe, the hospital is considered a Class A emissions environment (Dutch Natioanl Committee doesn't like that). Home use is clearly Class B. One of the tasks our committee (SC62A MT-23) is tasked to do is create recommendations for emissions and immunity levels for other environments such as transport (ambulance, air, etc).
Regards, Brent DeWitt Laboratory Manager CKC Laboratories Redmond, WA From: [email protected] Sent: Oct 27, 2004 7:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: EN 60601-1-2 In the 2002 version of EN 60601-1-2, I cannot find specific emission level requirements for equipment that is sold for use in a hospital. It seems common sense to me that you would want your equipment to conform to Class B especially if you are using it in an operating room or an intensive care unit but I cannot find this in the standard. It seems to imply that equipment can be either Class A or Class B especially in hospitals that are on their own power system. Have I overlooked something? Bob Heller 3M EMC Laboratory, 76-1-01 St. Paul, MN 55107-1208 Tel: 651- 778-6336 Fax: 651-778-6252 ======================================================= This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Scott Douglas [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
