IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety
Clause 16: ME systems – IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety

IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety 16.2: Accompanying documents of an ME system

What does 16.2 require?

A system, including a modified one, is accompanied by documents with all the data for its intended use and an address for the responsible organisation, regarded as part of the system: the accompanying documents of each ME and non-ME item the manufacturer provides; the system specification with intended use and a list of all items; installation, assembly and modification instructions for continued compliance; cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation instructions per item; additional safety measures during installation; which parts suit the patient environment; additional preventive maintenance measures; warnings that a separate multiple socket-outlet must not be placed on the floor, that no further extension cord or multiple socket-outlet may be connected, and that only specified or compatible items may be connected; the maximum permitted load of any multiple socket-outlet and the instruction to use it only for items of the system; explanations of the risks of connecting supplied non-ME equipment directly to the wall outlet when it is meant to be fed through a separating transformer and of connecting non-supplied equipment to the multiple socket-outlet; environmental conditions including transport and storage; the instruction not to touch the 16.4 parts and the patient at once; and advice to carry out the specified adjustment, cleaning, sterilisation and disinfection and that assembly and later modification of systems require evaluation to this standard.

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