New approach to electrical safety testing of electromedical equipment

被引:0
|
作者
Fleming, Ian R. [1 ]
Thomas, Alan H. [1 ]
Isele, David F. [1 ]
Black, John L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
来源
Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine | 1993年 / 16卷 / 02期
关键词
Accident prevention - Electronic equipment testing - Instruments - Safety testing;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
学科分类号
摘要
The `New Approach' to electrical safety testing in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) is based on the results and experience we have obtained in carrying out such tests for a period of over twenty years. Until recently our testing was carried out according to the annual procedures as described in Standards Australia recommendations. Test protocol changes have, however, now been made since it seemed from our records that we had been carrying out testing to an extent not justified by our test results. The paper describes the safety testing programme now in place at SCGH. This programme has resulted in substantial reduction in the testing time without, in our opinion, compromises in safety. The main elements in electromedical equipment test procedures are: Acceptance tests; in-service tests; and tests after repair. We have found that the main consumer of time in electrical safety testing, aside from the test procedure itself, is gaining access to the equipment. This can be particularly difficult in areas where equipment is in constant use, e.g. in CCU, ICU, Renal Dialysis, Operating Theatres, etc. We have developed an earth integrity meter for the purpose of checking medical equipment without the need to disconnect it from the mains supply or from the patient. By means of this device, together with our new testing protocol, access problems have been largely eliminated.
引用
收藏
页码:102 / 104
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] ELECTRICAL SAFETY MEASURES FOR PHYSICIANS USING ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT
    LAKS, MM
    BERSON, A
    SEMINARS IN NEUROLOGY, 1995, 15 (03) : 311 - 316
  • [2] Accreditation of testing laboratories for electromedical equipment
    Rubio, D.
    Ponce, S.
    Alvarez Abril, A.
    Fascioli, E.
    IV LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2007, BIOENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR LATIN AMERICA HEALTH, VOLS 1 AND 2, 2008, 18 (1,2): : 873 - 876
  • [3] SAFETY OF ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT BY MONITORING LEAKAGE CURRENTS
    BAKKER, JMTD
    IRNICH, W
    BIOMEDIZINISCHE TECHNIK, 1980, 25 (1-2): : 7 - 12
  • [4] SAFETY OF PIPED MEDICAL GASES AND ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT
    HEANEY, GAH
    BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1979, 1 (6174): : 1354 - 1354
  • [5] SAFETY OF PIPED MEDICAL GASES AND ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT
    WARD, CS
    BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1979, 1 (6169): : 1019 - 1019
  • [6] Testing of Safety Parameters of Medical Electrical Equipment: A New View
    Yu. I. Kazantsev
    Biomedical Engineering, 2001, 35 (3) : 133 - 135
  • [7] INSTRUMENT FOR TESTING ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR SAFE PERFORMANCE
    BROWN, MC
    JOHNSON, F
    RODDY, T
    MCDONALD, T
    BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 1974, 9 (01) : 24 - 25
  • [8] An electrical safety analyzer for standards of electromedical apparatus
    Lin, C.-W.
    Feng, P.
    Tang, Y.-Y.
    Tseng, Y.-Z.
    Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications, 1998, 10 (03): : 151 - 155
  • [9] ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT EVALUATION - NEW SCHEME IN SHEFFIELD
    JOHNSON, SG
    BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 1972, 7 (11) : 530 - 532
  • [10] Automatic apparatus to test electrical safety of electromedical instrumentation
    Bosi, C.
    Neroni, M.
    Soderini, M.
    Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 1986, 24 (01): : 109 - 112