Requisitos de segurança elétrica para equipamentos médicos

Abstract

Modern medicine presents several equipment that can generate risks to the patient in case of failure, one of the biggest faults that can occur is the patient suffering an electric shock. Because of this, it is always important to keep the operation of the equipment safe and to do this, we must be familiar with the electrical safety requirements. Another important factor is to know the most common faults for each type of equipment and how we can relate them to the requirements. Keeping in mind the importance of maintaining safety in the operation of the equipment, the purpose of this work will be to present the electrical safety requirements, what are the faults and what standard can be applied so that the fault can be avoided. To meet this goal, standards and books have been used to research the requirements and sites specializing in fault notifications to find the electrical faults. At the end of the work, we will have a table with some of the most common equipment used in the country, the most common faults of each equipment and which clause will be used to check the safety and prevent the fault from occurring. Like this result, I believe that we will have an easy-to-understand document that will serve as a reference for several people, both in the business environment and in the academic world.