Doug,
You are really asking if the product is Type B (earthed applied part) or Type
BF (isolated ground part) according the the classification
of IEC 60601-1.
The answer is that some types of medical equipment must be Type BF or even Type
CF (direct cardiac contact) according to the
appropri
Silly Question really - but why are the
responses off line?? Would you consider
posting a summary, Doug?
-Original Message-
From: Doug McKean [mailto:dmck...@corp.auspex.com]
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 4:15 PM
To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group
Subject: Re: Grounding in an operating room
Thanks for the responses off-line.
One final question - if some product which uses 115/230vac mains
power and if there is to be metal contact between that product and
a patient in an operating room environment, is it a matter of accepted
practice that the mfr can decide the metal is grounded/
Anyone got the scoop on common grounding practices (either
with equipment or with mains grounding) of operating rooms
in hospitals here in the US and elsewhere in the world?
Is the philosophy to ground everything or float everything
with patient connected equipment?
Can anyone point to any
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