CENELEC
CLC/TC 62 |
Electrical equipment in medical practice |

Project
| Reference | EN 60601-2-38:1996 |
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| Title | Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-38: Particular requirements for the safety of electrically operated hospital beds |
| Project Number | 4264 |
| Abstract/Scope | Specifies requirements for safety of electrically operated hospital beds. The object of this standard is to keep the safety hazards to patients, operators and the environment as low as possible, and to describe tests to verify that these requirements are attained. |
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Withdrawn
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Status
| Current Stage code | 6060 |
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| Current Stage code date | 1996-12-16 |
| Current Stage code deadline | 1997-07-01 |
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Legal
| Directive(s) | MDD (93/42/EEC) |
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| Mandate(s) | M/023; M/432 |
| Order Voucher | BC/CLC/93-01 |
Details
| IEC Technical Body | IEC/SC 62D |
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| Reference Document | IEC 60601-2-38:1996 (EQV) |
| ICS | 11.140 - Hospital equipment |
| Keywords | Medical equipment; Electrically operated; Hospital bed; Safety |
| Note | EN following parallel vote * Superseded by EN 60601-2-52:2010 |
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History
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Deadline Date
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| 6060 | 1996-12-16 | 1997-07-01 | |
| 6020 | 1996-11-04 | 1997-02-04 | |
| 5099 | 1996-10-01 | 1996-11-01 | |
| 5062 | 1996-09-12 | 1996-10-01 | |
| 5020 | 1996-05-17 | 1996-07-31 | |
| 1090 | 1996-05-13 | 1996-09-13 | |
| 1000 | 1993-08-31 | ||
| 2020 | 1992-04-03 | 1992-10-03 | |
| 5092 | 1991-10-18 | 1992-04-18 | |
| 5091 | 1990-08-24 | 1991-03-01 | |
| 4020 | 1989-09-08 | 1990-03-15 | |
| 1000 | 1988-07-06 | 1988-09-01 |
Implementation Dates
| date of Ratification (DOR) (1) | 1996-10-01 |
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| date of Availability (DAV) (2) | 1996-12-16 |
| date of Announcement (DOA) (3) | 1997-01-01 |
| date of Publication (DOP) (4) | 1997-07-01 |
| date of Withdrawal (DOW) (5) | 1998-06-13 |
Relations
| Supersedes | |
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| Superseded by | EN 60601-2-52:2010 |
| Normative reference (6) | ISO 2204:1979 EN 60529:1991 corr. May 1993 EN 60601-1:1990 corr. July 1994 A1:1993 A2:1995 A11:1993 A12:1993 A13:1996 EN 60601-1-1:1993 EN 60601-1-2:1993 corr. December 1997 |
(1) Date of ratification (dor) date when the Technical Board notes the approval of an EN (and HD for CENELEC), from which time the standard may be said to be approved
(2) Date of availability (dav) date when the definitive text in the official language versions of an approved CEN/CENELEC publication is distributed by the Central Secretariat
(3) Date of announcement (doa) latest date by which the existence of an EN (and HD for CENELEC), a TS or a CWA has to be announced at national level
(4) Date of publication (dop) latest date by which an EN has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
(5) Date of withdrawal (dow) latest date by which national standards conflicting with an EN (and HD for CENELEC) have to be withdrawn
(6) This list of normative references is purely indicative. The only official list of normative reference is the list of the published standard.
