IEC 62471-7:2023

IEC 62471-7 ®
Edition 1.0 2023-02
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Photobiological safety of lamps and lamp systems –
Part 7: Light sources and luminaires primarily emitting visible radiation

Sécurité photobiologique des lampes et des appareils utilisant des lampes –
Partie 7: Sources de lumière et luminaires qui émettent principalement
un rayonnement visible
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IEC 62471-7 ®
Edition 1.0 2023-02
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
Photobiological safety of lamps and lamp systems –

Part 7: Light sources and luminaires primarily emitting visible radiation

Sécurité photobiologique des lampes et des appareils utilisant des lampes –

Partie 7: Sources de lumière et luminaires qui émettent principalement

un rayonnement visible
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
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ICS 29.140.01; 31.260 ISBN 978-2-8322-6523-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Optical radiation hazards of light sources and luminaires . 15
5 Actinic UV hazards exposure for skin and eye (200 nm to 400 nm) . 16
5.1 General . 16
5.2 Actinic UV assessment for light sources . 16
5.3 Actinic UV assessment for luminaires . 16
6 UV-A hazard assessment for the eye lens (315 nm to 400 nm) . 17
6.1 General . 17
6.2 UV-A light source and luminaire assessment . 17
7 Retinal blue light hazard assessment (300 nm to 700 nm) . 18
7.1 General . 18
7.2 Blue light hazard assessment for light sources . 18
7.3 Blue light hazard assessment for luminaires . 18
7.4 Retinal blue light hazard assessment – Small source (300 nm to 700 nm) . 21
8 Retinal thermal hazard assessment (380 nm to 1 400 nm) . 21
8.1 General . 21
8.2 Retinal thermal hazard for light source assessment . 21
8.3 Retinal thermal hazard assessment for luminaire . 22
8.4 Retinal thermal hazard assessment – Weak visual stimulus (780 nm to
1 400 nm) . 22
9 Infrared hazard assessment for the eye (780 nm to 3 000 nm) . 22
9.1 General . 22
9.2 Light source and luminaire assessment . 23
10 Thermal hazard assessment for the skin (380 nm to 3 000 nm) . 23
10.1 General . 23
10.2 Light source and luminaire assessment . 23
Annex A (informative) Information on emission limits for light sources and luminaires . 24
Annex B (informative) Information on UV hazards exposure (200 nm to 400 nm) . 26
Annex C (informative) Information on retinal hazards (300 nm to 1 400 nm) . 27
Annex D (informative) Information on IR-hazard (380 nm to 3 000 nm) . 29
Annex E (informative) Example of a complete luminaire assessment of a LED office
luminaire . 30
E.1 UV assessment . 30
E.1.1 Actinic UV (Clause 5) . 30
E.1.2 UV-A (Clause 6) . 30
E.2 Retinal hazard assessment . 30
E.2.1 Blue light hazard (Clause 7). 30
E.2.2 Thermal retinal hazard (Clause 8) . 30
E.3 Infrared radiation hazard assessment for the eye (780 nm to 3 000 nm)
(Clause 9) . 30
E.4 Thermal hazard assessment for the skin (380 nm to 3 000 nm) (Clause 10) . 30
Bibliography . 31

Figure C.1 – Flowchart to define worst-case (minimum) time to dose for the
assessment of the blue light hazard L as a function of application-specific conditions
B
of luminaires . 28

Table 1 – Optical radiation hazards covered in this document . 15
Table 2 – Application-related blue light radiance emission limits at assessment
distances for luminaires . 20

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PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SAFETY OF LAMPS AND LAMP SYSTEMS –

Part 7: Light sources and luminaires primarily emitting visible radiation

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