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List of IEC 60601 Standards

The table below lists all of the IEC 60601-1-X standards, known as collateral standards. These standards cover subjects of interest to a range of electrical medical products.

IEC 60601-1-1 EN 60601-1-1	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY 1: COLLATERAL STANDARD: SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
IEC 60601-1-2EN 60601-1-2	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY 2. COLLATERAL STANDARD: ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY - REQUIREMENTS AND TESTS
IEC 60601-1-3EN 60601-1-3	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY - COLLATERAL STANDARD: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-1-4EN 60601-1-4	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT: PART 1-4: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COLLATERAL STANDARD: PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRICAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS
IEC 60601-1-6 EN 60601-1-6	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1-6: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY - COLLATERAL STANDARD:USABILITY
IEC 60601-1-8 EN 60601-1-8	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 1-6: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY - COLLATERAL STANDARD:GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, TESTS AND GUIDANCE FOR ALARM SYSTEMS IN MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

The table below lists all of the IEC 60601-2-X standards for particular types of medical equipment. The standards are used in conjunction with the basic standard IEC 60601-1, and follow the same clause numbering system. These standards amend the clauses of the basic standard.

IEC 60601-2-1 EN 60601-2-1	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-1: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ELECTRON ACCELERATORS IN THE RANGE 1 MeV TO 50 MeV
IEC 60601-2-2 EN 60601-2-2	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF HIGH FREQUENCY SURGICAL EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-3 EN 60601-2-3	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF SHORT-WAVE THERAPY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-4 EN 60601-2-4	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS AND CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS - MONITORS
IEC 60601-2-5 EN 60601-2-5	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-5: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ULTRASONIC PHYSIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-6	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF MICROWAVE THERAPY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-7 EN 60601-2-7	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-7: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF HIGH-VOLTAGE GENERATORS OF DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY GENERATORS
IEC 60601-2-8 EN 60601-2-8	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-8: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF THERAPEUTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT OPERATING IN THE RANGE 10 kV TO 1 MV
IEC 60601-2-9EN 60601-2-9	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF PATIENT CONTACT DOSEMETERS USED IN RADIOTHERAPY WITHELECTRICALLY CONNECTED RADIATION DETECTORS
IEC 60601-2-10 EN 60601-2-10	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF NERVE AND MUSCLE STIMULATORS
IEC 60601-2-11 EN 60601-2-11	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF GAMMA BEAM THERAPHY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-12	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF LUNG VENTILATORS FOR MEDICAL USE
IEC 60601-2-13	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-13: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ANAESTHETIC WORKSTATIONS
IEC 60601-2-14 EN 60601-2-14	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-15	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF CAPACITOR DISCHARGE X-RAY GENERATORS
IEC 60601-2-16 EN 60601-2-16	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF HAEMODIALYSIS EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-17 EN 60601-2-17	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF REMOTE-CONTROLLED AUTOMATICALLY DRIVEN GAMMA-RAY AFTER-LOADING EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-18 EN 60601-2-18	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ENDOSCOPIC EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-19 EN 60601-2-19	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS OF SAFETY OF BABY INCUBATORS
IEC 60601-2-20 EN 60601-2-20	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF TRANSPORT INCUBATORS
IEC 60601-2-21 EN 60601-2-21	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF INFANT RADIANT WARMERS
IEC 60601-2-22 EN 60601-2-22	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC LASER EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-23 EN 60601-2-23	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-23: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE, OF TRANSCUTANEOUSPARTIAL PRESSURE MONITORING EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-24 EN 60601-2-24	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-24: PARITCULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF INFUSION PUMPS AND CONTROLLERS
IEC 60601-2-25 EN 60601-2-25	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-25: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHS
IEC 60601-2-26 EN 60601-2-26	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHS
IEC 60601-2-27EN 60601-2-27	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MONITORING EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-28 EN 60601-2-28	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF X-RAY SOURCE ASSEMBLIES AND X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
IEC 60601-2-29 EN 60601-2-29	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-29: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF RADIOTHERAPHY SIMULATORS
IEC 60601-2-30 EN 60601-2-30	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-30: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE, OF AUTOMATIC CYCLING NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-31 EN 60601-2-31	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF EXTERNAL CARDIAC PACEMAKERS WITH INTERNAL POWER SOURCE
IEC 60601-2-32 EN 60601-2-32	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-33 EN 60601-2-33	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
IEC 60601-2-34 EN 60601-2-34	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE, OF INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-35 EN 60601-2-35	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF BLANKETS, PADS AND MATTRESSES, INTENDED FOR HEATING IN MEDICAL USE
IEC 60601-2-36 EN 60601-2-36	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF EQUIPMENT FOR EXTRACORPOREALLY INDUCED LITHOTRIPSY
IEC 60601-2-37 EN 60601-2-37	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ULTRASONIC MEDICAL DIAGNOSIC AND MONITORING EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-38 EN 60601-2-38	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FORTHE SAFETY OF ELECTRICALLY OPERATED HOSPITAL BEDS
IEC 60601-2-39 EN 60601-2-39	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-39: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-40 EN 60601-2-40	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-40: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF ELETROMYOGRAPHS AND EVOKED RESPONSE EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-41 EN 60601-2-41	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-41: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF SURGICAL LUMINAIRES AND LUMINAIRES FOR DIAGNOSIS
IEC 60601-2-43 EN 60601-2-43	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-43: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
IEC 60601-2-44 EN 60601-2-44	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-44: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
IEC 60601-2-45 EN 60601-2-45	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-45: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF MAMMOGRAPHIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT AND MAMMOGRAPHIC STEREOTACTIC DEVICES
IEC 60601-2-46 EN 60601-2-46	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-46: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF OPERATING TABLES
IEC 60601-2-47 EN 60601-2-47	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-47: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE, OF AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS
IEC 60601-2-49 EN 60601-2-49	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-49: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF MULTIFUNCTION PATIENT MONITORING EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-50 EN 60601-2-50	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-5O: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SAFETY OF INFANT PHOTOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT
IEC 60601-2-51 EN 60601-2-51	MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - PART 2-51: PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR SAFETY, INCLUDING ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE, OF RECORDING AND ANALYSING SINGLE CHANNEL AND MULTICHANNEL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHS