IEC 60601-1-8-ed.2.0

Annotation of standard text IEC 60601-1-8-ed.2.0 :

Specifies basic safety and essential performance requirements and tests for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems and to provide guidance for their application. This is accomplished by defining alarm categories (priorities) by degree of urgency, consistent alarm signals and consistent control states and their marking for all alarm systems. Specifie les exigences de securite de base et les exigences en matiere de performances essentielles ainsi que les essais des systemes dalarme des appareils et des systemes electromedicaux et de donner des lignes directrices pour leur application. Cela est realise en definissant des categories dalarmes (priorites) par degre durgence, des signaux dalarme et des etats de commande coherents et leur marquage pour tous les systemes dalarme.