Electromedical testing guide

IEC 62353 Medical Electrical Equipment – recurrent test and test after repair of medical electrical equipment, defines requirements to ensure the in-service electrical safety of electromedical equipment and systems. The new booklet is designed for biomedical engineering personnel, medical equipment service engineers and manufacturers of medical devices.

It explains the requirements of the standard in easy to follow terms and provides all the relevant information in relation to commonly used definitions, symbols, different leakage measurements, schematics, pass/fail limits, single fault conditions and other details.

The new standard recognises that the laboratory conditions described in IEC 60601-1 cannot always be guaranteed when in-service testing of medical devices is undertaken. As a result, test measurements that require certain environmental conditions may not always be applicable or consistent for the testing of equipment that is already in use.

Copies of the Practical Guide to IEC 62353 are available free to download from Rigel Medical at www.rigelmedical.com The booklet can be requested by e-mailing info@rigelmedical.com