AS/NZS 3200.2.38:2007 pdf free.Medical electrical equipment Particular requirements for safety – Electrically and manually operated medical beds for adult use.
AS/NZS 3200.2.38 specifies requirements for the design, manufacture and safety of electrically operated and manually operated medical beds, herein referred to as BED, as defined in 2.2.101, for general adult use in a range of health and community care environments, It applies to beds in general use in a full range of environments where patients or residents may be cared for, or supervised by, health care professionals.
1.3 Particular Standards
Addition:
This Particular Standard amends and supplements a set of IEC publications, hereinafter referred to as “General Standard”, consisting of IEC 60601-1: 1988, Medical electrical equipment — Part 1: General requirements for safety, amendment 1, amendment 2 and IEC 60601-1-1: 1992, Medical electrical equipment — Part I : General requirements for safety
— 1. Collateral Standard: Safety requirements for medical electrical systems.
For brevity, IEC 6060 1-1 is referred to in this Particular Standard either as the “General
Standard” or as the “General Requirement(s)”, and IEC 60601-1-1 as the “Collateral
Standard”.
The term “this Standard” covers the Particular Standard, used together with the General Standard and any Collateral Standards.
1.3 Particular Standards
Addition
This Particular Standard amends and supplements a set of EC publications, hereinafter referred to as”General Standard”， consisting of IEC 60601-1: 1988, Medical electrical equipment-Part 1: General requirements for safety, amendment 1, amendment 2 and IEC 60601-1-1: 1992, Medical electrical equipment-Part 1: General requirements for safety-1. Collateral Standard: Safety requirements for medical electrical systems.
For brevity, IEC 60601-1 is referred to in this Particular Standard either as theGeneral Standard or as the General Requirement(s)，and IEC 60601-1-1 as the ” Collateral Standard.
The term “this Standard” covers the Particular Standard, used together with the General Standard and any Collateral Standards.
The numbering of sections, clauses and subclauses of this Particular Standard corresponds with that of the General Standard. The changes to the text of the General Standard are specified by the use of the following words:
“Replacement” means that the clause or subclause of the General Standard is replaced completely by the text of this Particular Standard.
“Addition” means that the text of this Particular Standard is additional to the requirements of the General Standard.
“Amendment” means that the clause or subclause of the General Standard is amended as indicated by the text of this Particular Standard.
Subclauses or figures which are additional to those of the General Standard are numbered starting from 101, additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc., and additional items aa), bb), etc.
Clauses and subclauses to which there is a rationale are marked with an asterisk * These rationales can be found in an informative annex AA. Annex AA should be used in determining the relevance of the requirements addressed, but should never be used to establish additional test requirements.AS/NZS 3200.2.38 pdf download.