IEC SRD 63408:2024
(Main)Safety aspects – Guidelines for adult AAL care recipients in standards and other specifications
Safety aspects – Guidelines for adult AAL care recipients in standards and other specifications
IEC SRD 63408:2024 supports the experts in identifying hazards when developing and revising standards, specifications, and similar publications that deal with products and services for adult AAL care recipients. This document aims to address potential sources of bodily harm to adult AAL care recipients from products they use or are likely to contact, even if not explicitly intended for adult AAL care recipients.
This document provides valuable information for stakeholders in the absence of a specific standard.
Stakeholders can include auditors, safety inspectors, product designers, architects, interior home designers, installers, etc.
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IEC SRD 63408 ®
Edition 1.0 2024-11
SYSTEMS REFERENCE
DELIVERABLE
colour
inside
Safety aspects – Guidelines for adult AAL care recipients in standards and
other specifications
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 11.020.99; 11.180 ISBN 978-2-8322-9967-8
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 General approach to adult AAL care recipient safety . 8
4.1 General . 8
4.2 Risk assessment . 9
4.2.1 General . 9
4.2.2 Preventing and reducing harm . 10
4.2.3 Risk control measures . 10
5 Hazards related to adult AAL care recipient . 10
5.1 General . 10
5.2 Fall hazards . 11
5.3 Bodily personal injury hazards . 11
5.4 Suffocation hazards . 11
5.5 Strangulation hazards . 11
5.6 Fire hazards . 12
5.7 Thermal hazards . 12
5.8 Drowning hazards . 12
5.9 Chemical hazards . 12
5.10 Electric shock hazards . 12
5.11 Radiation hazards . 13
5.12 Hazards from noise (sound pressure). 13
5.13 Biological hazards . 13
5.14 Explosion and fire flash hazards . 13
5.15 Exertion hazards . 13
6 Adequacy of safeguards . 14
6.1 General . 14
6.2 Product safeguards . 14
6.3 Installation safeguards . 14
6.4 Personal safeguards . 14
6.5 Behavioural safeguards . 15
6.6 Instructional safeguards . 15
Bibliography . 16
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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SAFETY ASPECTS – GUIDELINES FOR ADULT AAL CARE RECIPIENTS IN
STANDARDS AND OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
FOREWORD
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IEC SRD 63408 has been prepared by IEC SyC AAL: Systems Committee on Active Assisted
Living. It is a Systems Reference Deliverable.
The text of this Systems Reference Deliverable is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
SyCAAL/370/DTS SyCAAL/374/RVDTS
Full information on the voting for its approval can be found in the report on voting indicated in
the above table.
The language used for the development of this Systems Reference Deliverable is English.
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INTRODUCTION
As the world population continues to experience increases in physical and cognitive limitations,
a thorough understanding of the special needs/concerns of the active assisted living (AAL) care
recipients is important so that these aspects can be considered in the development of
technology and service standards. Ensuring the safety of an AAL user is a shared responsibility.
Injury prevention can be addressed through design, engineering, manufacturing controls,
legislation, education and raising awareness. These guidelines aim to provide information for
consideration by providing specifications related to areas identified based on an extensive
series of AAL use cases.
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SAFETY ASPECTS – GUIDELINES FOR ADULT AAL CARE RECIPIENTS IN
STANDARDS AND OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
1 Scope
This document supports the experts in identifying hazards when developing and revising
standards, specifications, and similar publications that deal with products and services for adult
AAL care recipients. This document aims to address potential sources of bodily harm to adult
AAL care recipients from products they use or are likely to contact, even if not explicitly intended
for adult AAL care recipients.
This document provides valuable information for stakeholders in the absence of a specific
standard.
Stakeholders can include auditors, safety inspectors, product designers, architects, interior
home designers, installers, etc.
2 Normative references
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 editio
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