AS/NZS 2500:1995
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Guide to the safe use of electricity in patient care
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29-05-2024
05-08-1995
Important note : Users cannot be edited or removed once added to your Multi user PDF.Provides a comprehensive guide to the safe use of electrically operated equipment used in health care facilities. Measures are detailed to provide and maintain patient and operator safety, including details of the classes of equipment and electrical installations to be used for particular medical procedures.
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HE-003
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Standard
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| ISBN |
0 7262 9803 4
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| Pages |
73
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| PublisherName |
Standards Australia
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Superseded
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This Standard is a guide to the safe use and application of electrically operated equipment used in health care.Although the Standard is concerned primarily with the electric shock hazard to hospital patients and staff, provisions to safeguard against other hazards, e.g. thermal, radiant or mechanical, are included.Measures required to provide and maintain patient and operator safety, including specification of the class of equipment and electrical installation to be employed for particular medical procedures, are specified.Separate sets of guidelines are included as appendices for certain specific types of equipment where particular methods or potential hazards are recognized.NOTE: Appendices are limited to equipment in common use by the broad spectrum of people in the health care industry.
First published as AS 2500-1982.
Second edition 1986.
Jointly revised and designated as AS/NZS 2500:1995.
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| AS 1169-1982 | Minimizing of combustion hazards arising from the medical use of flammable anaesthetic agents |
| AS 2211-1991 | Laser safety |
| AS/NZS 4173:1994 | Guide to the safe use of lasers in health care |
| AS/NZS 2398(INT):1994 | Fixed diagnostic X-ray equipment - Design, construction and installation - Safety requirements |
| AS/NZS 3200.1.1:1995 | Approval and test specification - Medical electrical equipment General requirements for safety - Collateral Standard: Safety requirements for medical electrical systems |
| AS/NZS 3200.2.25:1993 | Approval and test specification - Medical electrical equipment Particular requirements for safety - Electrocardiographs |
| AS 2814-1985 | Diagnostic X-ray facilities - Safe practices |
| AS 3003-1985 | Electrical installations - Patient treatment areas of hospitals and medical and dental practices |
| AS/NZS 2772.1(INT):1998 | Radiofrequency fields Maximum exposure levels - 3 kHz to 300 GHz |
| AS 3009-1985 | Electrical installations - Emergency power supplies in hospitals |
| AS 3250-1990 | Approval and test specification - Mains operated electronic and related equipment for household and similar general use |
| AS 3164-1989 | Approval and test specification - Electric blankets |
| AS 3760-1990 | In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment |
| AS 3551-1988 | Acceptance testing and in-service testing - Electromedical equipment |
| AS 3000-1986 | Electrical installations - Buildings, structures and premises (known as the SAA Wiring Rules) |
| AS/NZS 3003:1999 | Electrical installations - Patient treatment areas of hospitals and medical and dental practices |
| AS/NZS 3551:2004 | Technical management programs for medical devices |
| AS/NZS 3003:2003 | Electrical installations - Patient treatment areas of hospitals and medical, dental practices and dialyzing locations |
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