EN 60601-1-6:2004
(Main)Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-6: General requirements for safety - Collateral standard: Usability
Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-6: General requirements for safety - Collateral standard: Usability
Medical practice is increasingly using medical electrical equipment for observation and treatment of patients. use errors caused by inadequate medical electrical equipment usability have become an increasing cause for concern. The usability engineering process is intended to achieve reasonable usability, which in turn is intended to minimise use errors and to minimise use associated risks. Some, but not all, forms of incorrect use are amenable to control by the manufacturer. The usability engineering process is part of the process of risk control. This Collateral Standard describes a usability engineering process, and provides guidance on how to implement and execute the process to provide medical electrical equipment safety. It addresses normal use and use errors but excludes abnormal use.
Medizinische elektrische Geräte - Teil 1-6: Allgemeine Festlegungen für die Sicherheit - Ergänzungsnorm: Gebrauchstauglichkeit
Appareils électromédicaux - Partie 1-6: Règles générales de sécurité - Norme collatérale: Aptitude à l'utilisation
Les appareils électromédicaux sont de plus en plus utilisés en pratique médicale pour l'observation et le traitement des patients. Les erreurs d'utilisation dues à une aptitude à l'utilisation inadéquate des appareils électromédicaux sont devenues une préoccupation majeure. Le processus d'ingénierie de l'aptitude à l'utilisation est destiné à obtenir une aptitude à l'utilisation raisonnable qui, a son tour, est destinée à minimiser les erreurs d'utilisation et à minimiser les risques associés à l'utilisation. Certaines formes d'utilisation incorrecte, mais pas toutes, sont maîtrisables par le constructeur. Le processus d'ingénierie de l'aptitude à l'utilisation fait partie du processus de maîtrise du risque. La présente norme collatérale décrit un processus d'ingénierie de l'aptitude à l'utilisation et fournit des lignes directrices pour la mise en oeuvre et l'exécution de ce processus pour contribuer à la sécurité des appareils électromédicaux. Elle traite de l'utilisation normale et des erreurs d'utilisation mais exclut l'utilisation anormale.
Medicinska električna oprema – 1-6. del: Splošne varnostne zahteve – Kolateralni standard: Uporabnost
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 60601-1-6
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM November 2004
ICS 11.040
English version
Medical electrical equipment
Part 1-6: General requirements for safety –
Collateral standard: Usability
(IEC 60601-1-6:2004)
Appareils électromédicaux Medizinische elektrische Geräte
Partie 1-6: Règles générales de sécurité - Teil 1-6: Allgemeine Festlegungen
Norme collatérale: Aptitude à l'utilisation für die Sicherheit –
(CEI 60601-1-6:2004) Ergänzungsnorm: Gebrauchstauglichkeit
(IEC 60601-1-6:2004)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2004-09-01. 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 Central Secretariat 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 under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and
notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech
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Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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© 2004 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60601-1-6:2004 E
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Foreword
The text of document 62A/452/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 60601-1-6, prepared by SC 62A, Common
aspects of electrical equipment used in medical practice, of IEC TC 62, Electrical equipment in
medical practice, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC
as EN 60601-1-6 on 2004-09-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2005-06-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2007-09-01
This European Standard is a collateral standard to EN 60601-1:1990, hereinafter referred to as the
general standard.
In the 60601 series of publications, collateral standards specify general requirements for safety
applicable to
– a group of MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (e.g. radiological equipment); or
– a specific characteristic of all MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, not fully addressed in the general
standard (e.g. electromagnetic compatibility).
The numbering of sections, clauses and subclauses of this collateral standard corresponds with that of
the general standard.
Clauses, subclauses, tables and figures which are additional to those of the general standard are
numbered starting from 201; additional annexes are lettered AAA, BBB, etc., and additional items
aaa), bbb), etc.
In this collateral standard, the following print types are used:
– requirements and definitions: roman type;
– notes, examples, explanations, advice, introductions, general statements and references: smaller roman type;
– test specifications: italic type;
– TERMS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 2 OF THE GENERAL STANDARD, IN THIS COLLATERAL STANDARD OR AS NOTED
IN THE INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS: SMALL CAPITALS.
The requirements are followed by specifications for the relevant tests.
Clauses and subclauses for which a rationale is provided in the informative Annex AAA are marked
with an asterisk (*).
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60601-1-6:2004 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard without any modification.
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In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standard indicated:
ISO 9000 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9000:2000 (not modified)
ISO 9001 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9001:2000 (not modified)
ISO 9241-11 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 9241-11:1998 (not modified)
ISO 13485 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13485:2003 (not modified)
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
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