Hello Peter: At one time, I addressed this problem by obtaining complementary certification, both as IT and as MED (non-patient), for a printer. After that, we didn't do any more printer MED certifications as medical customers simply did not require or request the MED certification. They were happy with the IT certification. In the many years I've been doing product safety, I've not had any further inquiry for MED certification even though we sold many units into medical facilities. You can do complementary certification which you KNOW is acceptable, or you can ask your marketing folks if there is a customer demand for MED certification. I believe you will find that medical customers accept IT certification for the uses you describe. If IT safety is getting to be a drag, try MED complementary certification for a challenge in both the design and the certification. In typical cert houses, the IT engineers and MED engineers don't know each other and don't talk to each other. I found they would rather turn down the business than try to work out a complementary certification! Enjoy! Rich Richard Nute Product Safety Consultant San Diego
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Printer/scanner for medical environment Hello Team, We are designing an IT equipment (Printer/scanner) that not only can be used in an office, but also can be used in medical environment. Here the product could be in doctor or nurses offices but by no means near any patient or in contact with a patient. My question is that does the product have to meet the medical standard? Or will IEC60950 standard be sufficient. How do PC manufacturers deal with similar issues on their products? The product is used by medical staff to print patient records or prescriptions or to scan medical records. Thank you Peter ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
