NF EN ISO 80601-2-55
Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-55 : particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of respiratory gas monitors
ISO 80601-2-55:2011 specifies particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of a respiratory gas monitor (RGM) intended for continuous operation for use with a patient.ISO 80601-2-55:2011 specifies requirements for: anaesthetic gas monitoring, carbon dioxide monitoring, and oxygen monitoring.ISO 80601-2-55:2011 is not applicable to an RGM intended for use with flammable anaesthetic agents.
ISO 80601-2-55:2011 specifies particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of a respiratory gas monitor (RGM) intended for continuous operation for use with a patient.
ISO 80601-2-55:2011 specifies requirements for:
- anaesthetic gas monitoring,
- carbon dioxide monitoring, and
- oxygen monitoring.
ISO 80601-2-55:2011 is not applicable to an RGM intended for use with flammable anaesthetic agents.
ISO 21647:2004 specifies particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of respiratory gas monitors (RGM) (as defined in 3.15) intended for continuous operation for use with humans. It supplements the requirements of IEC 60601-1:1988. ISO 21647:2004 specifies requirements for anaesthetic gas monitoring, carbon dioxide monitoring and oxygen monitoring. ISO 21647:2004 is not applicable to monitors intended for use with flammable anaesthetic agents. The requirements of ISO 21647:2004 which replace or modify the requirements of IEC 60601-1:1988 and its Amendments 1 (1991) and 2 (1995) are intended to take precedence over the corresponding general requirements. Environmental aspects are addressed in Annex CC. Additional aspects of environmental impact are addressed in ISO 14971.
ISO 22476-2:2005 specifies requirements for indirect investigations of soil by dynamic probing within the scope of the geotechnical investigations according to prEN 1997.
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