EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017
(Amendment)Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-8: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: General requirements, tests and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems
Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-8: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: General requirements, tests and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems
D155/C077: BT adopted the revised Annexes ZA and ZZ to EN 60601-1-8:2007 --> publication without TC proofing
2021: CLC legacy converted by DCLab NISOSTS
Medizinische elektrische Geräte - Teil 1-8: Allgemeine Festlegungen für die Sicherheit einschließlich der wesentlichen Leistungsmerkmale - Ergänzungsnorm: Alarmsysteme - Allgemeine Festlegungen, Prüfungen und Richtlinien für Alarmsysteme in medizinischen elektrischen Geräten und in medizinischen elektrischen Systemen
Appareils électromédicaux - Partie 1-8: Exigences générales pour la sécurité de base et les performances essentielles - Norme collatérale: Exigences générales, essais et guide pour les systèmes d'alarme des appareils et des systèmes électromédicaux
Medicinska električna oprema - 1-8. del: Splošne zahteve za osnovno varnost in bistvene tehnične lastnosti - Spremljevalni standard: Splošne zahteve, preskušanje in napotki za alarmne sisteme v medicinski električni opremi in medicinskih električnih sistemih - Dopolnilo A11
General Information
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 09-Mar-2017
- Withdrawal Date
- 06-Jan-2020
- Technical Committee
- CLC/TC 62 - Electrical equipment in medical practice
- Drafting Committee
- CLC/TC 62 - Electrical equipment in medical practice
- Current Stage
- 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
- Start Date
- 10-Mar-2017
- Completion Date
- 10-Mar-2017
Relations
- Effective Date
- 24-Jan-2017
Overview
EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017 is a CENELEC/CLC collateral standard that defines general requirements, tests and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems. As Amendment A11 to EN 60601-1-8:2007, it updates the alarm-related provisions for safety and essential performance and supports conformity with EU medical device directives when applied within its scope.
Key topics and requirements
- Scope and purpose: Specifies requirements for design, performance and testing of alarm systems used in medical electrical equipment to ensure basic safety and essential performance.
- Alarm system characteristics: Sets out general expectations for alarm behavior, including reliability, audibility/visibility and prioritization (high-level guidance rather than numeric parameters in this amendment text).
- Normative references: Integrates related standards for consistent testing and assessment - e.g. IEC 60601-1 (general medical electrical safety), IEC 61672-1 (sound level meters), ISO 3744 (sound power/energy methods), IEC 62366 (usability engineering), IEC 60417/ISO 7000 (graphical symbols).
- Testing and measurement guidance: Points to acoustics and electroacoustic measurement standards for verifying alarm audibility and sound power levels.
- Regulatory linkage: Includes Annex ZA/ZZ addressing relationship with EU Directive 93/42/EEC (and amendments) and indicates which clauses provide a presumption of conformity to essential requirements (notably requirements related to design safety and alarms for power failure and patient monitoring).
- Implementation timeline: Amendment A11 approved by CENELEC on 2017-01-07 with national implementation dates established in the document.
Applications and who uses this standard
- Medical device manufacturers: To design, validate and document alarm systems that meet European safety expectations and support CE marking efforts.
- Regulatory and quality teams: For assessing conformity to essential requirements of EU directives and ensuring alarm-related risk controls are addressed.
- Test laboratories and certification bodies: To define test methods and reference complementary acoustics and usability standards during verification.
- Clinical engineers and hospital procurement: To evaluate alarm performance and interoperability in medical electrical systems.
- Risk managers and usability specialists: To integrate alarm behavior into device risk management and usability engineering processes.
Related standards
- IEC 60601-1 - Medical electrical equipment - Part 1 (general safety)
- IEC 61672-1 - Sound level meters
- ISO 3744 - Acoustics, sound power/energy methods
- IEC 62366 - Usability engineering for medical devices
- IEC 60417 / ISO 7000 - Graphical symbols for equipment
EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017 is essential reading for anyone responsible for alarm design, testing and regulatory compliance of medical electrical equipment in Europe. Keywords: EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017, medical electrical equipment, alarm systems, medical device safety, CE marking, IEC 60601-1, CENELEC.
Frequently Asked Questions
EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017 is a amendment published by CLC. Its full title is "Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-8: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: General requirements, tests and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems". This standard covers: D155/C077: BT adopted the revised Annexes ZA and ZZ to EN 60601-1-8:2007 --> publication without TC proofing 2021: CLC legacy converted by DCLab NISOSTS
D155/C077: BT adopted the revised Annexes ZA and ZZ to EN 60601-1-8:2007 --> publication without TC proofing 2021: CLC legacy converted by DCLab NISOSTS
EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 11.040.01 - Medical equipment in general. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 60601-1-8:2007. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 93/42/EEC; Standardization Mandates: M/432. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-8: General requirements for basic safety and
essential performance - Collateral Standard: General requirements, tests and guidance
for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems
Medizinische elektrische Geräte - Teil 1-8: Allgemeine Festlegungen für die Sicherheit
einschließlich der wesentlichen Leistungsmerkmale - Ergänzungsnorm: Alarmsysteme -
Allgemeine Festlegungen, Prüfungen und Richtlinien für Alarmsysteme in medizinischen
elektrischen Geräten und in medizinischen elektrischen Systemen
Appareils électromédicaux - Partie 1-8: Exigences générales pour la sécurité de base et
les performances essentielles - Norme collatérale: Exigences générales, essais et guide
pour les systèmes d'alarme des appareils et des systèmes électromédicaux
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017
ICS:
11.040.01 Medicinska oprema na Medical equipment in general
splošno
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2017
ICS 11.040.01
English Version
Medical electrical equipment -
Part 1-8: General requirements for basic safety and essential
performance - Collateral Standard: General requirements, tests
and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment
and medical electrical systems
Appareils électromédicaux - Medizinische elektrische Geräte -
Partie 1-8: Exigences générales pour la sécurité de base et Teil 1-8: Allgemeine Festlegungen für die Sicherheit
les performances essentielles - Norme collatérale: einschließlich der wesentlichen Leistungsmerkmale -
Exigences générales, essais et guide pour les systèmes Ergänzungsnorm: Alarmsysteme - Allgemeine
d'alarme des appareils et des systèmes électromédicaux Festlegungen, Prüfungen und Richtlinien für Alarmsysteme
in medizinischen elektrischen Geräten und in medizinischen
elektrischen Systemen
This amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN 60601-1-8:2007; it was approved by CENELEC on 2017-01-07. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the
status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels
© 2017 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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European foreword
This document (EN 60601-1-8:2007/A11:2017) has been prepared by CLC/TC 62 "Electrical
equipment in medical practice".
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has
(dop) 2018-07-01
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national
(dow) 2020-01-07
standards conflicting with this
document have to be withdrawn
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive.
For the relationship with EU Directive see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of this
document.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
However, for any use of this standard “within the meaning of Annex ZZ", t
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