IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety

Clauses 6 to 7: classification, identification, marking and documents – IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety

IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety 6.3: Protection against harmful ingress of water or particulate matter

What does 6.3 require?

Enclosures receive an IEC 60529 IP code classifying how well they keep out harmful water and particles, which drives the marking of 7.2.9 and the ingress tests of 11.6.5.

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Other controls in Clauses 6 to 7: classification, identification, marking and documents – IEC 60601-1 - Medical Electrical Equipment Safety

6.1 6.1 General
6.2 6.2 Protection against electric shock
6.4 6.4 Method(s) of sterilization
6.5 6.5 Suitability for use in an oxygen rich environment
6.6 6.6 Mode of operation
7.1 7.1 General
7.2 7.2 Marking on the outside of ME equipment or ME equipment parts
7.3 7.3 Marking on the inside of ME equipment or ME equipment parts

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