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BS EN 60601-1 2006 Edition on Medical electrical equipment — General requirements for basic safety and essential performance is now modified by Amendment A11

BS-EN-60601-1, “Medical electrical equipment. General requirements for basic safety and essential performance,” has just been re-released in a new edition and is now available from Document Center Inc.  This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 60601-1:2006+A11:2011. It is identical to IEC 60601-1:2005.  It supersedes BS EN 60601-1:2006, which is to be withdrawn on October 1st, 2014.

Implementation of CENELEC amendment A11:2011 includes the following: Annex ZZ has been replaced by Annexes ZZA, Coverage of Essential Requirements of EC Directives (93/42/EEC), and ZZB, Coverage of Essential Requirements of EC Directives (90/385/EEC).  The two new Annexes are informative, each providing illumination on how the standard helps to meet the requirements of the directive noted.

Also, BS EN 60601-1:2006+A11:2011 changes the latest date by which any national standards conflicting with this EN standard have to be withdrawn, making the new due date October 1, 2014.

As noted in previous blogs, BS EN 60601-1 contains requirements concerning basic safety and essential performance that are generally applicable to medical electrical equipment. It is one of our top-sellers here at Document Center and can be ordered on our website, www.document-center.com.  Or order via phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com).  We’re here from 6 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday Pacific Time to assist you with all your questions regarding European Standards and Regulations.

 

New Amending Correction has just been released for BS EN 60601-1

BS EN 60601-1:2006, “Medical electrical equipment – General requirements for basic safety and essential performance,” has just been modified by a new Corrigendum 1 correction.  The document is the official English language edition of EN 60601-1.

The corrigendum dated May 31st, 2011, is a consolidated implementation of IEC corrigenda dated in December 2006 and December 2007 (tagged) for the source document IEC 60601-1.   It’s also the  implementation of CENELEC corrigendum March 2010, as well as the  modification of CENELEC Foreword and Annexes ZA and ZZ.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by IEC corrigendum December 2006 is indicated in the text by one tag. Text altered by IEC corrigendum December 2007 is indicated in the text by another.  There are no clear indications of the location of the modifications to the foreword, the two annexes or the CENELEC Corrigendum.  A review of the previous edition against this one will be necessary.  However, the page count of both the 2006 Edition and this new issue remains constant at 384 pages.

This corrected issue supersedes BS EN 60601-1:1990 and BS EN 60601-1-4:1997 which are declared obsolete and are scheduled for withdrawl on June 1, 2012.  It also supersedes BS EN 60601-1-1:2001 which is withdrawn with the publication of this new revision.

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