NF EN ISO 8185
Respiratory tract humidifiers for medical use - Particular requirements for respiratory humidification systems
ISO 8185:2007 is a particular standard based on IEC 60601-1:1988 and its Amendments, Amd. 1:1991 and Amd. 2:1995.ISO 8185:2007 includes requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of humidification systems. It also includes requirements for individual devices specified for use in humidification systems such as heated breathing tubes (heated-wire breathing tubes) and devices intended to control these heated breathing tubes (heated breathing tube controllers). ISO 5367 specifies other safety and performance requirements for breathing tubes.NOTE Heated breathing tubes are medical electrical equipment and are subject to the requirements of IEC 60601-1. ISO 8185:2007 also includes requirements for active HME (heat and moisture exchanger) devices, which actively add heat and moisture to increase the humidity level of the gas delivered from the HME to the patient. It is not applicable to passive HMEs, which return a portion of the patient's expired moisture and heat to the respiratory tract during inspiration without adding heat and moisture. ISO 9360-1 and ISO 9360-2 specify safety and performance requirements for passive HMEs and describe methods for testing performance. Respiratory tract humidifiers can be gas-powered, electrically-powered, or both. However, ISO 8185:2007 has been prepared as a particular standard based on IEC 60601-1, which gives general requirements for all aspects of safety, not only electrical safety, and many of the requirements are therefore applicable to humidifiers not powered by electricity. ISO 8185:2007 is not applicable to devices commonly referred to as "room humidifiers" or humidifiers used in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, or humidifiers incorporated into infant incubators.ISO 8185:2007 is not applicable to nebulizers used for the delivery of drugs to patients.
ISO 8185:2007 is a particular standard based on IEC 60601-1:1988 and its Amendments, Amd. 1:1991 and Amd. 2:1995.
ISO 8185:2007 includes requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of humidification systems. It also includes requirements for individual devices specified for use in humidification systems such as heated breathing tubes (heated-wire breathing tubes) and devices intended to control these heated breathing tubes (heated breathing tube controllers). ISO 5367 specifies other safety and performance requirements for breathing tubes.
NOTE Heated breathing tubes are medical electrical equipment and are subject to the requirements of IEC 60601-1.
ISO 8185:2007 also includes requirements for active HME (heat and moisture exchanger) devices, which actively add heat and moisture to increase the humidity level of the gas delivered from the HME to the patient. It is not applicable to passive HMEs, which return a portion of the patient's expired moisture and heat to the respiratory tract during inspiration without adding heat and moisture. ISO 9360-1 and ISO 9360-2 specify safety and performance requirements for passive HMEs and describe methods for testing performance.
Respiratory tract humidifiers can be gas-powered, electrically-powered, or both. However, ISO 8185:2007 has been prepared as a particular standard based on IEC 60601-1, which gives general requirements for all aspects of safety, not only electrical safety, and many of the requirements are therefore applicable to humidifiers not powered by electricity.
ISO 8185:2007 is not applicable to devices commonly referred to as "room humidifiers" or humidifiers used in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, or humidifiers incorporated into infant incubators.
ISO 8185:2007 is not applicable to nebulizers used for the delivery of drugs to patients.
ISO 8185:2007 is a particular standard based on IEC 60601-1:1988 and its Amendments, Amd. 1:1991 and Amd. 2:1995. ISO 8185:2007 includes requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of humidification systems. It also includes requirements for individual devices specified for use in humidification systems such as heated breathing tubes (heated-wire breathing tubes) and devices intended to control these heated breathing tubes (heated breathing tube controllers). ISO 5367 specifies other safety and performance requirements for breathing tubes. NOTE Heated breathing tubes are medical electrical equipment and are subject to the requirements of IEC 60601-1. ISO 8185:2007 also includes requirements for active HME (heat and moisture exchanger) devices, which actively add heat and moisture to increase the humidity level of the gas delivered from the HME to the patient. It is not applicable to passive HMEs, which return a portion of the patient's expired moisture and heat to the respiratory tract during inspiration without adding heat and moisture. ISO 9360-1 and ISO 9360-2 specify safety and performance requirements for passive HMEs and describe methods for testing performance. Respiratory tract humidifiers can be gas-powered, electrically-powered, or both. However, ISO 8185:2007 has been prepared as a particular standard based on IEC 60601-1, which gives general requirements for all aspects of safety, not only electrical safety, and many of the requirements are therefore applicable to humidifiers not powered by electricity. ISO 8185:2007 is not applicable to devices commonly referred to as "room humidifiers" or humidifiers used in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, or humidifiers incorporated into infant incubators. ISO 8185:2007 is not applicable to nebulizers used for the delivery of drugs to patients.
Le présent document s'applique à la SECURITÉ DE BASE et aux PERFORMANCES ESSENTIELLES d'un HUMIDIFICATEUR, ci-après également désigné par APPAREIL EM, associé à ses ACCESSOIRES, dont la combinaison est ci-après désignée par SYSTEME EM. Il s'applique également aux ACCESSOIRES conçus par leur FABRICANT pour être raccordés à un HUMIDIFICATEUR, lorsque les caractéristiques de ces ACCESSOIRES peuvent affecter la SECURITÉ DE BASE ou les PERFORMANCES ESSENTIELLES de l'HUMIDIFICATEUR. Le présent document ne spécifie pas les exigences pour les dispositifs d'humidification à froid par léchage ("pass-over") ou à barbotage, dont les exigences sont données dans la NF EN ISO 20789:2019. Il ne s'applique pas aux appareils servant à humidifier des locaux et les humidificateurs utilisés pour le chauffage, la ventilation ou la climatisation, ni aux HUMIDIFICATEURS utilisés dans les couveuses. Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux nébuliseurs utilisés pour administrer des médicaments aux PATIENTS. Le présent document est une norme particulière dans les séries de normes NF EN IEC 60601-1 et NF EN ISO/IEC 80601.
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- Avant-propos
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1 Domaine d'application
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2 Références normatives
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3 Termes et définitions
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4 Prescriptions générales et prescriptions relatives aux essais
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5 Classification
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6 Identification, marquage et documents d'accompagnement
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7 Puissance absorbée
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8 Catégories fondamentales de sécurité
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9 Moyens de protection amovibles
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10 Conditions d'environnement
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11 Non utilisé
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12 Non utilisé
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13 Généralités
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14 Prescriptions relatives à la classification
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15 Limitation des tensions et/ou de l'énergie
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16 Enveloppes et capots de protection
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17 Séparation
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18 Mise à la terre de protection, mise à la terre fonctionnelle et égalisation des potentiels
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19 Courants de fuite permanents et courant auxiliaire patient
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20 Tension de tenue
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21 Résistance mécanique
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22 Parties en mouvement
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23 Surfaces, angles et arêtes
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24 Stabilité en utilisation normale
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25 Projections d'objets
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26 Vibrations et bruit
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27 Puissance pneumatique et puissance hydraulique
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28 Masses suspendues
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29 RayonnementsX
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30 Rayonnements alpha, bêta, gamma, neutroniques et d'autres particules
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31 Rayonnements à micro-ondes
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32 Rayonnements lumineux (y compris les rayonnements lasers)
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33 Rayonnements infrarouges
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34 Rayonnements ultraviolets
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35 Énergie acoustique (y compris les ultrasons)
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36 Compatibilité électromagnétique
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37 Localisation et prescriptions fondamentales
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38 Marquage et documents d'accompagnement
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39 Prescriptions communes aux appareils de la catégorie AP et de la catégorie APG
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40 Prescriptions et essais pour les appareils de la catégorie AP, parties et composants de ceux-ci
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41 Prescriptions et essais pour les appareils de la catégorie APG, parties d'appareils et composants de ceux-ci
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42 Températures excessives
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43 * Prévention du feu
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44 Débordements, renversements, fuites, humidité, pénétration de liquides, nettoyage, stérilisation et désinfection
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45 Réservoirs et parties sous pression
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46 Erreurs humaines
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47 Charges électrostatiques
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48 Matériaux des parties appliquées en contact avec le corps du patient
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49 Coupure de l'alimentation
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50 Précision des caractéristiques de fonctionnement
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51 * Protection contre les caractéristiques de sortie présentant des risques
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52 Fonctionnement anormal et conditions de défaut
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53 Essais d'environnement
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54 Généralités
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55 Enveloppes et capots
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56 Composants et ensembles
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57 Parties reliées au réseau, composants et montage
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58 Mise à la terre de protection - Bornes et raccordements
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59 Construction et montage
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101 * Quantité délivrée par le système d'humidification
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102 Conteneur de liquide
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103 Systèmes d'alarme
- Annexe s
- Annexe AA. FF Capteur de température standard
- Annexe BB (normative) * Détermination de l'exactitude de la température affichée
- Annexe DD (normative) Capteurs de température et orifices de raccordement
- Annexe EE (normative) * Détermination de la quantité délivrée par le système d'humidification
- Annexe AA (informative) Justification
- Annexe CC (informative) Calculs de l'enthalpie massique
- Annexe FF (normative) * Capteur de température standard
- Annexe GG (informative) Aspects environnementaux
- Annexe HH (informative) Référence aux principes essentiels
- Annexe II (informative) Terminologie - Index des termes définis
- Annexe ZA (informative) Relation entre la présente Norme européenne et les exigences essentielles de la Directive européenne 93/42/CEE
- Bibliographie
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