§ 70853. Electrically Sensitive Areas.
22 CA ADC § 70853Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
22 CCR § 70853
§ 70853. Electrically Sensitive Areas.
(a) Electrically sensitive patient areas are those areas of the hospital where patients with invasive instrumentation (that can provide electrically conductive pathways directly to the heart) are usually located. These patients are particularly vulnerable to accidental electrocution from contact with equipment or other conducting surfaces bearing electrical potentials that would not normally be considered hazardous. These patient care areas must be provided with additional electrical safeguards. Such areas include but are not limited to:
(e) To protect instrumented patients who are vulnerable to electric shock hazards, all conducting surfaces, that are or could be located within six feet of a patient shall be tested regularly and shown to meet the requirements set forth below. The measurements shall be made using a standard test load to simulate the conducting pathway provided by the patient. The standard test load and test conditions shall meet the requirements in Safe Current Limits: AAMI Safety Standard for Electromedical Apparatus, published April 1974 by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, 1500 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 417, Arlington, VA 22209.
(1) Electromedical equipment with patient leads or other connections intended to be attached directly to the heart or to an invasive conductive pathway to the heart or great vessels shall be provided with special electrically isolated leads or connections by optical coupling or some other technical provision. The current limits for such an isolated patient connection shall not exceed 20 microamperes at the patient end of the lead and shall not exceed 10 microamperes at the junction between the patient lead and the equipment.
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Cal. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 70853, 22 CA ADC § 70853
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