SIST EN IEC 60601-2-16:2019

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 60601-2-16:2019
01-september-2019
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60601-2-16:2015
Medicinska električna oprema - 2-16. del: Posebne zahteve za osnovno varnost in
bistvene lastnosti opreme za hemodializo, hemodiafiltracijo in hemofiltracijo (IEC
60601-2-16:2018)
Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-16: Particular requirements for basic safety and
essential performance of haemodialysis, haemodiafiltration and haemofiltration
equipment (IEC 60601-2-16:2018)
Medizinische elektrische Geräte - Teil 2-16: Besondere Festlegungen für die Sicherheit
einschließlich der wesentlichen Leistungsmerkmale von Hämodialyse-,
Hämodiafiltrations- und Hämofiltrationsgeräten (IEC 60601-2-16:2018)
Appareils électromédicaux - Partie 2-16: Exigences particulières pour la sécurité de base
et les performances essentielles des appareils d'hémodialyse, d’hémodiafiltration et
d’hémofiltration (IEC 60601-2-16:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60601-2-16:2019
ICS:
11.040.20 Transfuzijska, infuzijska in Transfusion, infusion and
injekcijska oprema injection equipment
SIST EN IEC 60601-2-16:2019 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60601-2-16

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2019
ICS 11.040.20; 11.040.25 Supersedes EN 60601-2-16:2015
English Version
Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-16: Particular requirements
for the basic safety and essential performance of haemodialysis,
haemodiafiltration and haemofiltration equipment
(IEC 60601-2-16:2018)
Appareils électromédicaux - Partie 2-16: Exigences Medizinische elektrische Geräte - Teil 2-16: Besondere
particulières pour la sécurité de base et les performances Festlegungen für die Sicherheit einschließlich der
essentielles des appareils d'hémodialyse, wesentlichen Leistungsmerkmale von Hämodialyse-,
d'hémodiafiltration et d'hémofiltration Hämodiafiltrations- und Hämofiltrationsgeräten
(IEC 60601-2-16:2018) (IEC 60601-2-16:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-05-25. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard 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 European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
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EN IEC 60601-2-16:2019 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 62D/1557/FDIS, future edition 5 of IEC 60601-2-16, prepared by SC 62D
"Electromedical equipment" of IEC/TC 62 "Electrical equipment in medical practice" was submitted to
the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60601-2-16:2019.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2019-11-24
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2022-05-24
document have to be withdrawn

This document supersedes EN 60601-2-16:2015.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60601-2-16:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60601-2-24 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60601-2-24
IEC 60601-2-39 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60601-2-39
IEC 80001-1:2010 NOTE Harmonized as EN 80001-1:2011 (not modified)
ISO 8637-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 8637-2
ISO 11197 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 11197
ISO 23500-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 23500-1
ISO 23500-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 23500-2
ISO 23500-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 23500-3
ISO 23500-4 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 23500-4
ISO 23500-5 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 23500-5
ISO 14971:2007 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14971:2012 (not modified)

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Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
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.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Annex ZA of EN 60601-1:2006 applies, except as follows:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

Replacement
IEC 60601-1-2 2014 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: EN 60601-1-2 2015
General requirements for basic safety and
essential performance - Collateral
Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances -
Requirements and tests
IEC 60601-1-6 2010 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-6: EN 60601-1-6 2010
General requirements for basic safety and
essential performance - Collateral
standard: Usability
+ A1 2013  + A1 2015
IEC 60601-1-8 2006 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-8: EN 60601-1-8 2007
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
- -  + corrigendum Mar. 2010
+ A1 2012  + A1 2013
- -  + AC 2014
- -  + A11 2017

Addition
IEC 60601-1-10 2007 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-10: EN 60601-1-10 2008
General requirements for basic safety and
essential performance - Collateral
Standard: Requirements for the
development of physiologic closed-loop
controllers
+ A1 2013  + A1 2015
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IEC 60601-1-11 2015 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-11: EN 60601-1-11 2015
General requirements for basic safety and
essential performance - Collateral
Standard: Requirements for medical
electrical equipment and medical electrical
systems used in the home healthcare
environment
IEC 61672-1 -  Electroacoustics - Sound level meters - EN 61672-1 -
Part 1: Specifications
ISO 3744 -  Acoustics - Determination of sound power EN ISO 3744 -
levels and sound energy levels of noise
sources using sound pressure -
Engineering methods for an essentially
free field over a reflecting plane

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 7
201.1 Scope, object and related standards . 8
201.2 Normative references . 10
201.3 Terms and definitions . 11
201.4 General requirements . 14
201.5 General requirements for testing ME EQUIPMENT . 17
201.6 Classification of ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS . 17
201.7 ME EQUIPMENT identification, marking and documents . 17
201.8 Protection against electrical HAZARDS from ME EQUIPMENT . 22
201.9 Protection against MECHANICAL HAZARDS of ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS . 23
201.10 Protection against unwanted and excessive radiation HAZARDS . 23
201.11 Protection against excessive temperatures and other HAZARDS . 23
201.12 * Accuracy of controls and instruments and protection against hazardous
outputs . 24
201.13 HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS and fault conditions for ME EQUIPMENT . 34
201.14 PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRICAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS (PEMS) . 34
201.15 Construction of ME EQUIPMENT . 35
201.16 * ME SYSTEMS . 35
201.17 ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY of ME EQUIPMENT and ME SYSTEMS . 36
202 Electromagnetic disturbances – Requirements and tests . 36
208 General requirements, tests and guidance for ALARM SYSTEMS in MEDICAL
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT and MEDICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS . 37
209 Requirements for environmentally conscious design . 39
210 Requirements for the development of PHYSIOLOGIC CLOSED-LOOP
CONTROLLERS . 39
211 * Requirements for MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT and MEDICAL ELECTRICAL
SYSTEMS used in the HOME HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT . 39
Annexes . 41
Annex G (normative) Protection against HAZARDS of ignition of flammable anaesthetic
mixtures . 42
Annex AA (informative) Particular guidance and rationale . 43
Annex BB (informative) Examples of HAZARDS, foreseeable sequences of events, and
HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS in HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT . 62
Bibliography . 71
Index of defined terms used in this particular standard. 74

Figure 201.101 – Continuous air infusion test setup with example dimensions . 30
Figure AA.1 – Example of a HAEMODIALYSIS ME SYSTEM . 58

Table 201.101 – ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE requirements . 14

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Table AA.1 – Example of ALARM CONDITION priorities according to 6.1.2
of IEC 60601-1-8:2006 and IEC 60601-1-8:2006/AMD1:2012, adapted for
HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT needs . 60
Table BB.1 – HAZARDOUS SITUATION list following ISO 14971:2007, Annex E . 62

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FOREWORD
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International standard IEC 60601-2-16 has been prepared by IEC subcommittee 62D:
Electromedical equipment, of IEC technical committee 62: Electrical equipment in medical
practice.
This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition of IEC 60601-2-16 published in 2012.
This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) update of references to IEC 60601-1:2005 and IEC 60601-1:2005/AMD1:2012, of
references and requirements to IEC 60601-1-2:2014, of references to IEC 60601-1-6:2010
and IEC 60601-1-6:2010/AMD1:2013, of references and requirements to
IEC 60601-1-8:2006 and IEC 60601-1-8:2006/AMD1:2012, of references to

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IEC 60601-1-9:2007 and IEC 60601-1-9:2007/AMD1:2013, of references to
IEC 60601-1-10:2007 and IEC 60601-1-10:2007/AMD1:2013 and of references to
IEC 60601-1-11:2015;
b) widening of the scope;
c) editorial improvements;
d) addition of requirements for anticoagulant delivery means;
e) other few small technical changes.
The text of this particular standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
62D/1557/FDIS 62D/1585/RVD

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A list of all parts of the IEC 60601 series, published under the general title Medical electrical
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INTRODUCTION
The minimum safety requirements specified in this particular standard are considered to
provide for a practical degree of safety in the operation of HAEMODIALYSIS,
HAEMODIAFILTRATION and HAEMOFILTRATION EQUIPMENT.

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MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT –

Part 2-16: Particular requirements for the basic safety and
essential performance of haemodialysis, haemodiafiltration
and haemofiltration equipment



201.1 Scope, object and related standards
1
Clause 1 of the general standard applies, except as follows:
201.1.1 * Scope
Replacement:
This part of IEC 60601 applies to the BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE of
HAEMODIALYSIS, HAEMODIAFILTRATION and HAEMOFILTRATION EQUIPMENT, hereafter referred to as
HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT.
This document does not take into consideration specific safety details of the DIALYSIS FLUID
control system of HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT using regeneration of DIALYSIS FLUID or CENTRAL
DELIVERY SYSTEMS for DIALYSIS FLUID. It does, however, take into consideration the specific
HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT concerning electrical safety and
safety requirements of such
PATIENT safety.
This document specifies the minimum safety requirements for HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT.
These HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT are intended for use either by medical staff or for use by the
PATIENT or other trained personnel under medical supervision.
This document includes all ME EQUIPMENT that is intended to deliver a HAEMODIALYSIS,
HAEMODIAFILTRATION and HAEMOFILTRATION treatment to a PATIENT, independent of the
treatment duration and location.
If applicable, this document applies to the relevant parts of ME EQUIPMENT intended for other
extracorporeal blood purification treatments.
The particular requirements in this document do not apply to:
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– EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUITS (see ISO 8637-2, [12] );
– DIALYSERS (see ISO 8637-1, [11]);
– DIALYSIS FLUID CONCENTRATES (see ISO 23500-4, [18]);
– DIALYSIS WATER supply systems (see ISO 23500-2, [16]);
– CENTRAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS for DIALYSIS FLUID CONCENTRATES (see ISO 23500-4, [18]),
described as systems for bulk mixing concentrate at a dialysis facility;
– equipment used to perform PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (see IEC 60601-2-39, [8]).
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1
 The general standard is IEC 60601-1:2005 and IEC 60601-1:2005/AMD1:2012, Medical electrical equipment –
Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance.
2
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201.1.2 Object
Replacement:
The object of this particular standard is to establish BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE
requirements for HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT.
201.1.3 Collateral standards
Addition:
This particular standard refers to those applicable collateral standards that are listed in
Clause 2 of the general standard and Clause 201.2 of this particular standard.
IEC 60601-1-2:2014, IEC 60601-1-8:2006 and IEC 60601-1-8:2006/AMD1:2012,
IEC 60601-1-10:2007 and IEC 60601-1-10:2007/AMD1:2013 and IEC 60601-1-11:2015 apply
as modified in Clauses 202, 208, 210 and 211. IEC 60601-1-3 and IEC 60601-1-12 do not
apply. IEC 60601-1-9:2007 and IEC 60601-1-9:2007/AMD1:2013 does not apply as noted in
Clause 209. All other published collateral standards in the IEC 60601-1 series apply as
published.
201.1.4 Particular standards
Replacement:
In the IEC 60601 series, particular standards may modify, replace or delete requirements
contained in the general standard and collateral standards as appropriate for the particular
ME EQUIPMENT under consideration, and may add other BASIC SAFETY and ESSENTIAL
PERFORMANCE requirements.
A requirement of a particular standard takes priority over the general standard.
For brevity, IEC 60601-1:2005 and IEC 60601-1:2005/AMD1:2012 are referred to in this
particular standard as the general standard. Collateral standards are referred to by their
document number.
The numbering of clauses and subclauses of this particular standard corresponds to that of
the general standard with the prefix "201" (e.g. 201.1 in this document addresses the content
of Clause 1 of the general standard) or applicable collateral standard with the prefix "20x"
where x is the final digit(s) of the collateral standard document number (e.g. 202.4 in this
particular standard addresses the content of Clause 4 of the IEC 60601-1-2 collateral
standard, 203.4 in this particular standard addresses the content of Clause 4 of the
IEC 60601-1-3 collateral standard, etc.). The changes to the text of the general standard are
specified by the use of the following words:
"Replacement" means that the clause or subclause of the general standard or applicable
collateral standard is replaced completely by the text of this particular standard.
"Addition" means that the text of this particular standard is additional to the requirements of
the general standard or applicable collateral standard.
"Amendment" means that the clause or subclause of the general standard or applicable
collateral standard is amended as indicated by the text of this particular standard.
Subclauses, figures or tables which are additional to those of the general standard are
numbered starting from 201.101. However, due to the fact that definitions in the general
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numbered beginning from 201.3.201. Additional annexes are lettered AA, BB, etc., and
additional items aa), bb), etc.
Subclauses, figures or tables which are additional to those of a collateral standard are
numbered starting from 20x, where "x" is the number of the collateral standard, for example
202 for IEC 60601-1-2, 203 for IEC 60601-1-3, etc.
The term "this document" is used to make reference to the general standard, any applicable
collateral standards and this particular standard taken together.
Where there is no corresponding clause or subclause in this particular standard, the clause or
subclause of the general standard or applicable collateral standard, although possibly not
relevant, applies without modification; where it is intended that any part of the general
standard or applicable collateral standard, although possibly relevant, is not to be applied, a
statement to that effect is given in this particular standard.
201.2 Normative references
NOTE Informative references are listed in the bibliography.
Clause 2 of the general standard applies, except as follows:
Replacement:
IEC 60601-1-2:2014, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-2: General requirements for basic
safety and essential performance – Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances –
Requirements and tests
IEC 60601-1-6:2010, Medical electrical equipment – Part 1-6: Ge
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