I read in !emc-pstc that brent.dew...@us.datex-ohmeda.com wrote (in <OF8C92B488.05E195FF-ON87256D52.006A403E-87256D52.006AC7C7@us.datex- ohmeda.com>) about 'Czech medical grounding?' on Fri, 27 Jun 2003:
>I got some weird "feedback" from one of our sales people in the Czech >republic. One of the local folks said they were concerned that a metal >cased piece of medical electrical equipment didn't have a separate ground >for when it was used on internal batteries. I'm an EMC guy so I was >wondering if any of the safety experts out there could tell me if this >makes any sense from a regulatory standpoint. I don't know about regulatory issues, but the equipment could accumulate a static charge, unless earthed (or bonded, anyway, to everything else in the area) and zap a patient in a sensitive spot. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Interested in professional sound reinforcement and distribution? Then go to http://www.isce.org.uk PLEASE do NOT copy news posts to me by E-MAIL! This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc