BS EN 60601-2-57:2011

This standard BS EN 60601-2-57:2011 Medical electrical equipment is classified in these ICS categories:

• 11.040.60 Therapy equipment
• 11.040.50 Radiographic equipment
• 17.220.20 Measurement of electrical and magnetic quantities
• 29.080.01 Electrical insulation in general
• 29.240.01 Power transmission and distribution networks in general

IEC 60601-2-57:2011 applies to basic safety and essential performance of equipment incorporating one or more sources of optical radiation in the wavelength range 200 nm to 3 000 nm, with the exception of laser radiation, and intended to create non-visual photo-biological effects in humans or animals for therapeutic, diagnostic, monitoring, cosmetic/aesthetic or veterinary applications; hereafter referred to as light source equipment. IEC 60601-2-57:2011 does not apply to equipment for sun tanning, for ophthalmic instruments or for infant phototherapy. Light source equipment may consist of a single or multiple sources of optical radiation, with or without power supply, or may be incorporated into a complex system that includes optical, electricalor mechanical systems or sources of other radiation.