• BS 5724-2.17(1990) : 1990 AMD 9281

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY - SPECIFICATION FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN GAMMA RAY AFTERLOADING EQUIPMENT

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    Superseded date:  15-12-1996

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    Published date:  23-11-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Committees responsible
    National foreword
    Section one: General
    Clause
    1. Scope and object
    1.1 Scope
    1.2 Object
    1.3 Particular Standards
    1.4 Environmental conditions
    2. Terminology and definitions
    3. General requirements
    4. General requirements for tests
    5. Classification
    6. Identification, marking and documents
    6.1 Marking on the outside of equipment
    6.7 Indicator lights and push-buttons
    6.8 Accompanying documents
    7. Power input
    Section two: Safety requirements
    8. Basic safety categories
    9. Removable protective means
    10. Special environmental conditions
    11. Special measures with respect to safety
    12. Single fault condition
    Section three: Protection against electric shock hazards
    Section four: Protection against mechanical hazards
    Section five: Protection against hazards from unwanted
    or excessive radiation
    29. X-radiation
    30. Alpha, beta, gamma, neutron radiation and other
         particle radiation
    30.1 Protection in normal use and normal condition
    301.1. Limitation of leakage radiation from the
             storage container(s)
    30.1.2 Indication of the position of radioactive
             sources
    30.1.3 Key control of the possibility of pre-setting
             controlling timer, and of selection,
             confirmation and movement of radioactive sources
    30.1.4 Treatment time
    30.1.5 Indications by the controlling timer and of
             treatment time
    30.1.6 Selection and confirmation of channels, radio-
             active sources and positions and movements of
             radioactive sources
    30.1.7 Initiation, continuation, interruption and
             termination (of irradiation)
    30.1.8 Distant interruption
    30.2 Protection against other than normal use
    30.2.1 Rendering the treatment control panel
             inoperative
    30.2.2 Protection of radioactive sources
    30.3 Protection in normal use while in single fault
           condition
    30.3.1 Protection against failure of the supply mains
    30.3.2 Protection against failure of controlling timer
    30.3.3 Protection against failure of the positional
             accuracy and movement of the radioactive sources
             and of the source drive mechanism
    30.3.4 Protection against failure of the couplings of
             the channels and the source applicators
    30.3.5 Protection against failure of the connections
             (if any) to the radioactive sources
    30.3.6 Protection against failure of interlocks
    30.3.7 Indication of single fault conditions
    36. Electromagnetic compatibility
    Section six. Protection against hazards of explosions in
    medically used rooms
    Section seven: Protection against excessive temperatures,
    fire and other hazards, such as human errors
    Section eight: Accuracy of operating data and protection
    against incorrect output
    50. Accuracy of operating data
    50.1 Indications
    50.1.1 Information of gamma irradiation
    50.1.2 Scales and units
    50.1.3 Indication of selection of channels, radio-
             active sources, and the positions and movements
             of radioactive sources
    50.1.4 Information required for limiting the
             irradiation during transit of the radioactive
             sources
    50.2 Agreement between indicated values and effective
           values
    50.2.1 Position of radioactive sources within source
             applicators
    50.2.2 Controlling timers
    51. Protection against incorrect output
    Section nine: Fault conditions causing overheating and/
    or mechanical damage; environmental tests
    Section ten: Constructional requirements
    Appendices
    AA. Terminology
    AA1. Index of terms
    AA2. Definitions
    ZA. Other international publications quoted in this
          standard with the references of the relevant
          European publications

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    Gives safety requirements for equipment using sealed sources of gamma rays for radiation therapy. BS AMD 9281 RENUMBERS THIS STANDARD

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    Committee HCC/81
    Development Note Renumbered and superseded by BS EN 60601-2.17 (05/2004)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded

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    BS 5724-1:1979 Medical electrical equipment Specification for general safety requirements
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