Medical electrical equipment - Part 1: General requirements for safety - 3. Collateral standard: General requirements for radiation protection in diagnostic X-ray equipment
This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Standard
CEI/IEC 601-1-3:1994. 1.201 Scope This Collateral Standard applies to medical diagnostic X-RAY EQUIPMENT and to
sub-assemblies of such EQUIPMENT. 1.202 Object The object of this Collateral Standard is to establish general requirements for
protection against IONIZING RADIATION in medical diagnostic X-RAY EQUIPMENT, in
order that the DOSE EQUIVALENT to the PATIENT, the OPERATOR and other staff can
be kept as low as reasonably achievable. Some of the requirements in this Collateral Standard include variations for
different types of X-RAY EQUIPMENT. This is intended to widen the scope within
which the Collateral Standard can be applied usefully without addition or
modification, especially in respect of types of X-RAY EQUIPMENT that are
commonly used in MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY. The requirements in this Collateral Standard apply mainly in respect of
X-RADIATION after its generation. Requirements for the control of the
electrical energy used to generate X-RADIATION, which is also an important
aspect of RADIATION PROTECTION, are included in IEC 601-1 and in Particular
Standards for the safety of the EQUIPMENT concerned.