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IEC TR 60878 ®
Edition 4.0 2022-11
TECHNICAL
REPORT
colour
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Graphical symbols for electrical equipment in medical practice

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 01.080.40; 11.040.60 ISBN 978-2-8322-5866-8

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 General . 8
5 Graphical survey . 9
5.1 Collection 1 – General: Controls . 10
5.2 Collection 2 – General: Movement related . 12
5.3 Collection 3 – General: Electricity and electronics . 13
5.4 Collection 4 – General: Light and optics . 14
5.5 Collection 5 – General: Miscellaneous . 15
5.6 Collection 6 – Transport, handling and packaging . 16
5.7 Collection 7 – Safety related . 17
5.8 Collection 8 – Safety signs . 18
5.9 Collection 9 – Classification and identification of equipment. 19
5.10 Collection 10 – Information and communication: Image, imaging . 20
5.11 Collection 11 – Information and communication: Audio . 21
5.12 Collection 12 – Information and communication: Data . 22
5.13 Collection 13 – Patient / person . 22
5.14 Collection 14 – Patient positioning . 23
5.15 Collection 15 – Medical instruments and blood processing . 23
5.16 Collection 16 – Dentistry and dentistry equipment . 24
5.17 Collection 17 – Patient monitoring . 25
5.18 Collection 18 – Ultrasound . 25
5.19 Collection 19 – Lithotripsy . 26
5.20 Collection 20 – Electrosurgery . 26
5.21 Collection 21 – Nuclear medicine . 26
5.22 Collection 22 – Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Equipment and movement . 27
5.23 Collection 23 – Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Function . 28
5.24 Collection 24 – Active Implantable Medical Devices . 29
5.25 Collection 25 – Biometric and facial recognition . 30
6 Title and description of graphical symbols . 30
6.1 Collection 1 – General: Controls . 30
6.2 Collection 2 – General: Movement related . 41
6.3 Collection 3 – General: Electricity and electronics . 48
6.4 Collection 4 – General: Light and optics . 56
6.5 Collection 5 – General: Miscellaneous . 61
6.6 Collection 6 – Transport, handling and packaging . 69
6.7 Collection 7 – Safety related . 83
6.8 Collection 8 – Safety signs . 93
6.9 Collection 9 – Classification and identification of equipment. 101
6.10 Collection 10 – Information and communication: Image, imaging . 104
6.11 Collection 11 – Information and communication: Audio . 116
6.12 Collection 12 – Information and communication: Data . 120
6.13 Collection 13 – Patient / person . 123

6.14 Collection 14 – Patient positioning . 126
6.15 Collection 15 – Medical instruments and blood processing . 128
6.16 Collection 16 – Dentistry and dentistry equipment . 135
6.17 Collection 17 – Patient monitoring . 143
6.18 Collection 18 – Ultrasound . 145
6.19 Collection 19 – Lithotripsy . 149
6.20 Collection 20 – Electrosurgery . 152
6.21 Collection 21 – Nuclear medicine . 153
6.22 Collection 22 – Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Equipment and movement . 156
6.23 Collection 23 – Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Function . 163
6.24 Collection 24 – Active Implantable Medical Devices . 171
6.25 Collection 25 – Biometric and facial recognition . 178
7 Alphabetical index according to English titles . 181
8 Numerical index . 202
Bibliography . 224

Table 1 – Grouping of symbols by application area . 9

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GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
FOREWORD
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IEC TR 60878 has been prepared by subcommittee 62A: Common aspects of electrical
equipment used in medical practice, of IEC technical committee 62: Electrical equipment in
medical practice. It is a Technical Report.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2015. This fourth edition
constitutes a technical revision.
The main changes compared with IEC TR 60878:2015 are as follows:
• A total of 109 new symbols and safety signs that have been identified since the publication
of the third edition have been added. For identification, the number of the new symbol or
safety sign is printed in red followed by “New”.
• Of the symbols and safety signs in the third edition, 14 have changes in their title or
description. For identification, the number of a modified symbol or safety sign is printed in
red followed by “Mod”.
The text of this Technical Report is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
62A/1472/DTR 62A/1483/RVDTR
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the above table.
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INTRODUCTION
This document is a collection of all graphical symbols used on medical electrical equipment. It
is intended for the easy finding of a certain symbol and related ones in one single source,
concentrating on this special field of application. For those more general symbols, for which the
application on medical electrical equipment is subject to certain restrictions, these are pointed
out in a section of the symbol description table headed “Further comments by IEC/TC 62”.
This is not just “a collection of some symbols”. The presented symbols should:
• comply with the drafting rules expressed in ISO/IEC 80416,
• use symbol elements in a consistent manner to facilitate user understanding and minimize
errors, and
• sufficiently differ in appearance from each other, to avoid any confusion.

GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 Scope
This document provides a compilation, for easy reference, of graphical symbols (graphics, title,
description) and safety signs for medical electrical equipment. The graphical symbols are
grouped in sections according to their specific field of application (see Clause 4).
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 60417, Graphical symbols for use on equipment, available at http://www.graphical-
symbols.info/equipment
IEC 60601-1, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and
essential performance
IEC 60601-1-8:2006, 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
IEC 60601-1-8:2006/AMD1:2012
IEC 60601-1-8:2006/AMD2:2020
IEC 60601-2-18:2009, Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-18: Particular requirements for the
basic safety and essential performance of endoscopic equipment
IEC 60601-2-22:2019, Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-22: Particular requirements for
basic safety and essential performance of surgical, cosmetic, therapeutic and diagnostic laser
equipment
IEC 60601-2-83:2019, Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-83: Particular requirements for the
basic safety and essential performance of home light therapy equipment
IEC 60825-1:2014, Safety of laser products – Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
IEC 61140, Protection against electric shock – Common aspects for installation and equipment
IEC 62056-21, Electricity metering – Data exchange for meter reading, tariff and load control –
Part 21: Direct local data exchange
IEC 62570:2014, Standard practice for marking medical devices and other items for safety in
the magnetic resonance environment
ISO 361, Basic ionizing radiation symbol
ISO 3166-1, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1:
Country codes
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ISO 3864-1, Graphical symbols – Safety colours and safety signs – Part 1: Design principles
for safety signs and safety markings
ISO 7000, Graphical symbols for use on equipment – Registered symbols (available from:
http://www.graphical-symbols.info/equipment)
ISO 7001, Graphical symbols – Public information symbols
ISO 7010, Graphical symbols – Safety colours and safety signs – Registered safety signs
ISO 8601-1, Date and time – Representations for information interchange – Part 1: Basic rules
ISO 15223-1:2021, Medical devices – Symbols to be used with information to be supplied by
the manufacturer – Part 1: General requirements
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
• IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropdeia.org
4 General
This document primarily identifies graphical symbols published in IEC 60417 or in ISO 7000,
and safety signs published in ISO 7010, and a few public information symbols in ISO 7001. A
reference to the corresponding symbol or safety sign number is given.
NOTE 1 Reference numbers below 5 000 refer to ISO 7000, while reference numbers from 5 000 up refer to
IEC 60417.
Some graphical symbols essential for compliance with other standards issued by IEC technical
committee 62 or its subcommittees are also listed. They are identified by symbol numbers in
the following format: -####, e.g. 60601-2-18-101 for graphical symbol No. 101 of
IEC 60601-2-18.
NOTE 2 These symbols will be formally included in a future edition of IEC 60417 or ISO 7000. Some of the graphical
symbols from these standards have been redrawn according to the basic design principles of ISO/IEC 80416 (all
parts) for inclusion in this document.
In this document, symbols are ordered by application area, as shown in Table 1.
Many of the symbols listed in this document have already been used for several years on
equipment and will be familiar to experts in that field; the meaning of others will become clear
when viewed in context on the equipment itself, but it shall be appreciated that it is impossible
to make self-evident the meaning of all symbols on complex equipment. In such cases, user
training will be needed to ensure proper recognition. To avoid critical errors, it can be necessary
to validate that properly trained users can correctly recognize the graphical symbol’s meaning
when viewed in the context.
However, it is strongly recommended that the meaning of all graphical symbols used on
equipment be explained in the equipment's accompanying documents.

Table 1 – Grouping of symbols by application area
Subclause No. Subclause No.
Application area
(survey) (description)
1 General: Controls 5.1 6.1
2 General: Movement related 5.2 6.2
3 General: Electricity and electronics 5.3 0
4 General: Light and optics 5.4 6.4
5 General: Miscellaneous 5.5 6.5
6 Transport, handling and packaging 5.6 6.6
7 Safety related 5.7 6.7
8 Safety signs 5.8 6.8
9 Classification and identification of equipment 5.9 6.9
10 Information and communication: Image, imaging 5.10 6.10
11 Information and communication: Audio 5.11 6.11
12 Information and communication: Data 5.12 6.12
13 Patient / person 5.13 6.13
14 Patient positioning 5.14 6.14
15 Medical instruments and blood processing 5.15 0
16 Dentistry and dentistry equipment 5.16 6.16
17 Patient monitoring 5.17 6.17
18 Ultrasound 5.18 6.18
19 Lithotripsy 5.19 6.19
20 Electrosurgery 5.20 6.20
21 Nuclear medicine 5.21 6.21
22 Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Equipment and movement 5.22 6.22
23 Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Function 5.23 6.23
24 Active Implantable Medical Devices 5.24 0
25 Biometric and facial recognition 5.25 6.25

The graphical symbols listed in this document are intended to be applied on or near equipment
used in medical practice and in the equipment’s accompanying documentation. They are not
necessarily associated with graphical symbols used on drawings.
For symbol requirements not met by this document, refer in the first instance to published IEC
or ISO symbols. Note that, where necessary, two or more symbols or symbol elements can be
grouped together to convey a particular meaning. Some latitude in graphic design is permissible
provided that the essential communicative characteristics of the basic symbol are maintained.
For details, refer to ISO/IEC 80416 (all parts).
For safety signs, ISO 3864-1 requires that strict rules concerning shape, size and colour are
adhered to.
5 Graphical survey
NOTE For a quick overview, this clause holds only the graphics, sorted by application areas. See Clause 4 for an
overview of application areas. For titles, descriptions, and specific notes for application on medical electrical
equipment, see Clause 6.
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5.1 Collection 1 – General: Controls
5007 5008 5010 5009 Mod 5011 5264 5265 5266

1140 5104 5177 5659 5857 5110A 5110B 5178

5638 5111A 5111B 6336 New 5268 5269 1154 1155

5322 5114 1853 6378 New 0096 5444 0093 1108

1109 5263 6379 New 5090 5569 5570 0022 0023

5573 5574 0234 0018 0019 0794 0795 5292

5459 5628 5004 1364 5181 2164 5183 6394 New

5072 5146 5147 5495 5849 5643 5115 5503

Collection 1 – General: Controls
1326 6334A New 6334B New 6335A New 6335B New 5510 5289 5511

6089 New 6089A New 6415 New 5512 5753 5770 5658

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5.2 Collection 2 – General: Movement related
5022 0004 5023 0005 0521 0001 0253 5024

2765 2764 5025 5026 5029 5027 5028 5030

1111 0254 0493 1110 0924 0539 0258 0937

5655 5656 5822 5107A 5107B 5108A 5108B 0547 New

5124A 5124B 5125A 5125B 5862 5861 1116 1114

1117 1115 5628 5897 5898 0514 5738 5739

0020 0021 1173 5110A 5110B 5178 5638 5111A

5111B
5.3 Collection 3 – General: Electricity and electronics
0232 5005 5006 5926 6181 New 5031 5032 5032-1

5032-2 5033 5001A 5001B 5002 6367 New 6368 New 5546

5639 0247 5017 5019 5018 5021 5020 5016

5115 5156 5534 5572 6352 New 5034 5035 5448

5424 5424-1 5424-2 5424-3 5134 5084 5093 5051

5140 5039 6330A-1 New 6330B-1 New 6330A-2 New 6330B-2 New 6330A-3 New 6330B-3 New

6330A-4 New 6330B-4 New 6330A-5 New 6330B-5 New

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5.4 Collection 4 – General: Light and optics
5012 5320 5918 5896 5321 5750 5938 5751

6301 New 5857 5323 5324 5323-1 5323-2 5323-3 5875

1124 1125 5381 6186 5885 5152 6197 6196

6187 IEC 60601-2- IEC 60601-2- IEC 60601-2- IEC 60601-2- IEC 60601-2- 6200 6201
22-105 22-106 22-107 22-108 22-109

IEC 60601-2- IEC 60601-2- IEC 60601-2-
22-112 22-113 22-114
5.5 Collection 5 – General: Miscellaneous
1124 5662 5184 5440 6405 New 5132 5270 5417

5879 5415 New 5416 New 5130 5131 5842 5736 5624

5623 0024 0025 0160 0037 0038 5015 6188

6189 0032 0028 0033 0029 0030 0233 0540

0940 0034 0035 0036 0535 0027 1844 6332 New

0588 5845 5846 0089 1118 0017 5657 1641

6222 New 3705 New 1640 0717 5575 1369 2868 IEC 60601-2-
18-104
IEC 60601-2- 6343 New
18-105
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5.6 Collection 6 – Transport, handling and packaging
5661 0533 0534 0632 2620 2621 5536 0626
0624 2401 0615 0621 0623 2405 2607 2655

1051 2606 2794 3727 New 2795 3079 2499 2500
2501 2502 2503 ISO 15223- 3707 New 3704 New 3708 New 3709 New
1,5.2.10 New
2608 2609 0518 2497 3082 6049 ISO 15223- 3724 New
1,5.1.2
3725 New 3728 New 2493 2498 6050 ISO 15223- 2492 ISO 15223-
1,5.7.10 New 1,5.5.1 New
ISO 15223- 3723 New 3699 New 3700 New 3701 New 3702 New 3703 New ISO 15223-
1,5.7.7 New 1,5.4.5 New
1135 0627 Mod 0625 Mod 0622 Mod 0629 Mod 2406 Mod 0631 Mod 2404 Mod

Collection 6 – Transport, handling and packaging
2402 Mod 2403 Mod 0630 Mod
5.7 Collection 7 – Safety related
5307 5308 5319 5319A 5309 5013 5576 5576-2

1326 6334A New 6334B New 6335A New 6335B New 5576-1 5576-3 5576-4 New

5576-5 New 0435 5036 6041 6151 5152 6040 6298 New

6292 New 5140 6166 2407 2809 ISO 361 5041 6197

6196 0659 3723 New 5109 0516 1051 6096 5582

5536 6043 5638 0434A 0434B 5019 6352 New 6091 New

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5.8 Collection 8 – Safety signs
P001 P002 P003 P007 P008 P010 P011 P012

P013 P014 P015 P016 P017 P018 P019 P041 New

P022 P023 P024 P026 P031 P042 New P068 New P069 New

IEC 62570- IEC 60601-2- W001 W003 W004 W005 W006 W007
7.3.3 83-104 New
W009 W012 W010 W016 W017 W018 W019 W020

W021 W022 W024 W026 W027 W028 W029 W038 New

W041 New IEC 62570- IEC 60601-2- IEC 60601-2- M001 M002 M003 M004
7.3.2 83-102 New 83-103 New
M007 M025 M009 M010 M011 M006 M021 M028

Collection 8 – Safety signs
M046 E010 E020 New IEC 62570- IEC 62570-
7.3.1-1 7.3.1-2
5.9 Collection 9 – Classification and identification of equipment
5172 5180 5331 5332 5840 5841 5333 5334

5335 5336 5937 5895 5957 5109 1135 1051

3706 New
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5.10 Collection 10 – Information and communication: Image, imaging
5116 5118 5887 5051 1121 1122 1123 1126

1127 1128 5542 1130 5774 5049 5477 5056

5057 5435 5413 5063 5064 5874 5065 5066

5067 5886 5478 5411 5407 5408 5409 5410

5772 5892 5794 5890 5773 5720 5721 5722

5723 5800 5517A 5517B 5291 5412 5244 5245

5055 5646 5645 5768 5771 5843 5795 5802

5525A 5525B 5529A 5529B 5521A 5521B 5547 5555

Collection 10 – Information and communication: Image, imaging
5554 5467 5471 5471-1 5917 5318 5318-1 5630A

5630B 5470A 5470B 5533 1129 5975 5815 5816

5889 5888 6021 6326 New 0680 0679 5788 5789

5792 5791 5894 5893 2027
5.11 Collection 11 – Information and communication: Audio
5080 5436 5126 5127 5081 5077 5082 5913

5211 5210 5182 5037 5038 5072 5013 5576

5576-2 5576-1 5576-3 5576-4 New 5576-5 New 5547 1129

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5.12 Collection 12 – Information and communication: Data
0987 1025 1026 1107 6440 New 6441 New 6442 New 6443 New

5163 5164 5165 5170 5093 5561 5562 5884

5938 5850 5988 5851 5193 0793 2027 5192

5.13 Collection 13 – Patient / person
5667 6091 New 5389 5390 5391 5663 2610 5664

6236 New 5665 5666 5844 5668 PI PF 044 3726 New
New
5.14 Collection 14 – Patient positioning
5393 5395 5396 5674 5675 5394 5823 5824

5392 5371 5397 5398 5399 5370 5369 5810

5811 5812 5814 5966
5.15 Collection 15 – Medical instruments and blood processing
5741 5742 5743 5744 5382 5745 2754 2753

5747 5748 5746 IEC 60601-2- 6372 New 6373 New 6374 New 2706
18-101
2715 2728 2718 2707 2712 2704 2709 2703

2719 2708 2713 2705 2710 2711 2722 3084

2724 2723 2727 2720 2721 2716 2717 2701

2702 2714 2700 2726 2793 2725
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5.16 Collection 16 – Dentistry and dentistry equipment
5115 1819 1820 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811

1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1846 1847 1848

1849 1817 1818 1821 1825 1826 1806 1855

1854 1827 2784 1828 1823 1824 2791 1843

1842 1840 1841 1838 1839 1856 1857 1858

0073 1837 1836 1835 3618 New 1834 1833 1829

1830 1831 1832 0157 1805 0159 1852 1850

2785 0137 1822 1844 2868
5.17 Collection 17 – Patient monitoring
5643 5647 5648 5649 5650 5651 5652 5653

5847 5658 5795 5737
5.18 Collection 18 – Ultrasound
5687 5688 5689 5690 5691 5692 5693 5694

5695 5696 5697 5698 5699 5700 5701 5702

5707 5709 5710 5711 5754 5848 5755 5756

5712 5713 5714 5715 5716 5719 5718 5717

5720 5721 5722 5723
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5.19 Collection 19 – Lithotripsy
5725 5726 5727 5728 5769 5729 5732 5733

5734 5735 5730 5731 5740 5843 5739 5738

5736 5737
5.20 Collection 20 – Electrosurgery
5777 5778 5779 5780 5781 5782 5783 5784

5.21 Collection 21 – Nuclear medicine
5669 5670 5765 5766 5764 5671 5672 5673

5406 5762 5763 5767 5757 5758 5759 5760

5.22 Collection 22 – Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Equipment and movement
5337 5338 5964 5965 5963 5830 5833 5367

5366 5979 5342 5679 5677 5362 5363 5364

5365 5821 5345 5401 5402 5676 5341 5340

5344 5343 5347 5346 5680 5678 5681 5368

5962 5374 5373 5958 5831 5959 5960 5832

5961 5967 5897 5898 5372 5375 5348 5349

5350 5983 5351 5356 5406
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5.23 Collection 23 – Diagnostic X-ray, CT, MR: Function
5328 5329 5980 5330 5981 5985 ISO 361 5339

2809 5327 5326 5325 5686 5385 5386 5387

5388 5818 5819 5820 5982 5384 5383 5825

5826 5827 5828 5829 5852 5376 5377 5378

5642 5379 5380 5355 5984 5685 5684 5683

5352 5354 5353 5977 5976 5978 5359 5360

5361 1123 5403 5817 5404 5405 6191 6192

6193 IEC 62570- IEC 62570- IEC 62570- IEC 62570-
7.3.3 7.3.2 7.3.1-1 7.3.1-2
5.24 Collection 24 – Active Implantable Medical Devices
3038 3039 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 Mod

3046 3047 Mod 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052 3053

3054 3055 3059 3056 3057 3058 3060 3061

3062 3063 3065 3064 3066 3067 3068 3069

3070 3071 3072 3073 Mod 3074 3075 3076 3077

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5.25 Collection 25 – Biometric and facial recognition
6339-1 New 6340-2 New 6339-2 New 6339-3 New 6340-1 New 6354 New 6361 New 6360 New

PI BP 010 6358 New 6358A New 6359 New 6357 New 6355 New 6355A New 6356 New
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PI BP 015 6333-1 New 6333-2 New 6333-3 New 6333-4 New
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6 Title and description of graphical symbols
NOTE 1 This clause holds graphical symbols for use on medical electrical equipment, sorted by application areas.
See Clause 4 for an overview of application areas.
NOTE 2 Included are graphics, titles, and descriptions including specific notes for application on medical electrical
equipment.
6.1 Collection 1 – General: Controls
Description from IEC 60417 or ISO 7000
5007 "ON" (power)
To indicate connection to the mains, at least for mains switches or their positions,
and all those cases where safety is involved.
Note 1 – The meaning of this graphical symbol depends upon its orientation.
Note 2 – See also symbol 5264.

IEC 60417-5007 (2002-10)
5008 "OFF" (power)
To indicate disconnection from the mains, at least for mains switches or their
positions, and all those cases where safety is involved.
Note – See also symbol 5265.
IEC 60417-5008 (2002-10)
5010 "ON"/"OFF" (push-push)
To indicate connection to or disconnection from the mains, at least for mains
switches or their positions, and all those cases where safety is involved.

Each position, "ON" or "OFF", is a stable position.

IEC 60417-5010 (2002-10)
5009 Mod Stand-by
To identify the switch or switch position by means of which part of the equipment is
switched on in order to bring it into the stand-by condition, and to identify the control
to shift to or to indicate the state of low power consumption. Each of different states
of power consumption can be indicated using a corresponding colour.
Note – See also symbol 5266.
IEC 60417-5009 (2015-03)
5011 "ON"/"OFF" (push button)
To indicate connection to the mains, at least for mains switches or their positions,
and all those cases where safety is involved. "OFF" is a stable position, whilst the
"ON" position only remains during the time the button is depressed.

IEC 60417-5011 (2002-10)
5264 "ON" for a part of equipment

To indicate the "ON" condition for a part of equipment, if the symbol 5007 cannot
be used, for example, to identify the "ON" position of a switch.
Note – To be used in association with the symbol 5265.

IEC 60417-5264 (2002-10)
5265 "OFF" for a part of equipment

To indicate the "OFF" condition for a part of equipment, if the symbol 5008 cannot
be used, for example, to identify the "OFF" position of a switch.
Note – To be used in association with the symbol 5264.

IEC 60417-5265 (2002-10)
5266 Stand-by or preparatory state for a part of equipment

To indicate the stand-by or preparatory state for a part of equipment, if the symbol
5009 cannot be used, for example, to identify the "STAND-BY" position of a
switch.
IEC 60417-5266 (2002-10)
1140 Ready
To indicate that the machine is ready for operation.

ISO 7000-1140 (2004-01)
5104 Start (of action)
To identify the start button.
Note – See also symbols 5177 and 5659.

IEC 60417-5104 (2006-08)
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5177 Fast start
To identify the control by means of which for example a process, a programme, a
tape is started such that the operational speed is attained without significant
delay.
Note 1 – This symbol is used particularly when symbol 5104 is also used on the same equipment.
Note 2 – See also symbol 5659.

IEC 60417-5177 (2002-10)
5659 Start, test run
To identify the control or the indicator for starting a test run.
Note – See also symbols 5104 and 5177.

IEC 60417-5659 (2002-10)
5857 Lamp test
To test the functionality of all lamps and controls, for example industrial facilities
or system panels.
IEC 60417-5857 (2002-10)
5110A Stop
To identify the control or the indicator to stop the active function.
Note 1 – This means stopping either by electrical or mechanical disconnection.
Note 2 – On audio video equipment, the symbol 5110B is preferred alternative and should be used in
combination with any of the symbols 5107B, 5108B, 5111B and 5124B.

IEC 60417-5110A (2004-06)
5110B Stop
Alternative graphical symbol representation. Same meaning as 5110A.

IEC 60417-5110B (2004-06)
5178 Fast stop
To identify the control by means of which for example a process, a programme, a
tape is stopped without significant delay.
Note – To be used particularly when symbol 5110 is also used on the same equipment.

IEC 60417-5178 (2002-10)
5638 Emergency stop
To identify an emergency stop control device. This symbol shall be used in place
of symbols 5110 or 5178 in cases where the safety of users of electrotechnical
machines and equipment is the primary concern.
Note 1 – The use of this symbol is specified in IEC 61310-1.
Note 2 – For additional requirements concerning the shape, colour and arrangement of emergency
stop actuators, see IEC 60204-1.

IEC 60417-5638 (2002-10)
5111A Pause; interruption
To identify the control or the indicator which stops operation intermittently and
keeps the equipment in operating mode.
Note – On audio video equipment, the symbol 5111B is the preferred alternative and should be used
in combination with any of the symbols 5107B, 5108B and 5124B.

IEC 60417-5111A (2004-06)
5111B Pause; interruption
Alternative graphical symbol representation. Same meaning as 5111A.

IEC 60417-5111B (2004-06)
6336 New Retry
To indicate a retry request of the previously taken action.

IEC 60417-6336 (2015-06)
5268 "IN" position of a bi-stable push control

To associate the "IN" position of a bi-stable push control with the corresponding
function.
IEC 60417-5268 (2002-10)
5269 "OUT" position of a bi-stable push control

To associate the "OUT" position of a bi-stable push control with the corresponding
function.
IEC 60417-5269 (2002-10)
1154 Pull switch, switch position pulled; pull to activate

To identify the switch position "pulled", for example on pull-switches and push-
turn-switches.
ISO 7000-1154 (2004-01)
1155 Pull switch, switch position pushed in; push to deactivate

To identify the switch position "pushed in", for example on pull-switches and push-
turn-switches.
ISO 7000-1155 (2004-01)
5322 Hand-held switch
To identify controls or connection points associated with hand-held switches.

IEC 60417-5322 (2002-10)
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5114 Foot switch
To identify a foot switch or the connection for a foot switch.
Note – This symbol may be supplemented by the symbol for foot-operated (ISO 7000-1853).

IEC 60417-5114 (2002-10)
1853 Foot-operated
To indicate that the control is foot-operated.

ISO 7000-1853 (2004-01)
6378 New Foot control
To identify a foot control device, connection or function.
Note – See also IEC 60417-5114 and ISO 7000-1853.

IEC 60417-6378 (2017-10)
0096 Manual control
To identify a manually operated control. To identify the switch position that places
the equipment under manual (as opposed to automatic) control. To identify the
control that activates manual control. To indicate that the equipment is in manual
control mode.
Note – Use as a symbol element in a combined symbol or in conjunction with a function symbol to
indicate manual operating mode.

ISO 7000-0096 (2004-01)
5444 Remote control reception indicator

To identify on equipment the indicator which shows that the remote control
commands are being received.
IEC 60417-5444 (2002-10)
0093 Remote control
To indicate the remote control function, for example the connection point for a
remote control lead.
ISO 7000-0093 (2004-01)
1108 Remote control, switch on; remote control, activate

To identify the control for changing over to remote control.

ISO 7000-1108 (2004-01)
1109 Remote control, switch off; remote control, deactivate

To identify the control for changing over to local control.

ISO 7000-1109 (2004-01)
5263 Principal control panel
To indicate that the equipment is controlled from the principal control panel.

IEC 60417-5263 (2002-10)
6379 New Panel; local
To identify a panel or local function or control.
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