ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS OF BUILDINGS - PART 7-710: REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS OR LOCATIONS - MEDICAL LOCATIONS
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
710 Medical locations
710.1 Scope
710.2 Normative references
710.3 Definitions
710.30 Assessment of general characteristics
710.31 Purposes, supplies and structure
710.313 Power supply
710.4 Protection for safety
710.41 Protection against electric shock
710.411 Protection against both direct and indirect
contact
710.412 Protection against direct contact
710.413 Protection against indirect contact
710.422 Fire protection
710.5 Selection and erection of electrical equipment
710.51 Common rules
710.512 Operational conditions and external influences
710.52 Wiring systems
710.53 Switchgear and controlgear
710.55 Other equipment
710.556 Safety services
710.6 Verification
710.61 Initial verification
710.62 Periodic verification
Annex A (normative) Classification of safety services for
medical locations
Annex B (informative) Examples for allocation of group
numbers and classification for safety services of
medical locations
Bibliography
Figure 710A - Example of patient environment
Table A.1 - Classification of safety services necessary for
medical locations
Table B.1 - List of examples
Applicable to electrical installations in medical locations so as to ensure safety of patients and medical staff. These requirements, in the main, refer to hospitals, private clinics, medical and dental practices, health care centres and dedicated medical rooms in the work place.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 64 |
