IEC 80601-2-49:2018

FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
201.1 Scope, object and related standards
201.2 Normative references
201.3 Terms and definitions
201.4 General requirements
201.5 General requirements for testing ME
       EQUIPMENT
201.6 Classification of ME EQUIPMENT and ME
       SYSTEMS
201.7 ME EQUIPMENT identification, marking and
       documents
201.8 Protection against electrical HAZARDS from
       ME EQUIPMENT
201.9 Protection against MECHANICAL HAZARDS of
       ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS
201.10 Protection against unwanted and excessive
       radiation HAZARDS
201.11 Protection against excessive temperatures
       and other HAZARDS
201.12 Accuracy of controls and instruments and
       protection against hazardous outputs
201.13 HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS and fault conditions
       for ME EQUIPMENT
201.14 PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRICAL MEDICAL
       SYSTEMS (PEMS)
201.15 Construction of ME EQUIPMENT
201.16 ME SYSTEMS
201.17 Electromagnetic compatibility of ME
       EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS
202 Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements
       and tests
206 USABILITY
208 General requirements, tests and guidance for
       ALARM SYSTEMS IN MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
       and MEDICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Annexes
Annex AA (informative) - Particular guidance and rationale
Bibliography
Index of defined terms used in this particular standard

IEC 80601-2-49:2018 applies to basic safety and essential performance requirements of multifunction patient monitors, hereafter referred to as ME equipment or medical electrical systems. This particular standard applies to multifunction patient monitors intended for use in professional healthcare facilities as well as in the emergency medical service environment or the home healthcare environment.
The scope of this document is restricted to ME equipment or medical electrical systems intended for connection to a single patient that has two or more physiological monitoring units.
For purposes of this document, a pregnant mother and her fetus(es) are considered a single patient.
This document does not specify requirements for individual physiological monitoring units such as ECG, invasive pressure and pulse oximetry. The particular standards related to these physiological monitoring units specify requirements from the perspective of stand-alone ME equipment. This particular standard addresses the additional requirements related to multifunction patient monitors. Multifunction patient monitors can be integrated into other ME equipment or medical electrical systems. When this is the case, other relevant standards also apply.
This document does not apply to implantable parts of multifunction patient monitors.
This first edition cancels and replaces the second edition of IEC 60601-2-49, published in 2011. This edition constitutes a technical revision to align with the current edition and Amendment to IEC 60601-1, new versions of collateral standards and amendments thereto. Major changes are in Clause 208 because many of the former requirements are now addressed by IEC 60601-1-8.