INTERNATIONALSTANDARDIEC60601-2-381996AMENDMENT11999-12Amendment1Medicalelectricalequipment–Part2-38:ParticularrequirementsforthesafetyofelectricallyoperatedhospitalbedsAmendement1Appareilsélectromédicaux–Partie2-38:Règlesparticulièresdesécuritédeslitsd'hôpitalélectriquesPRICECODEIEC1999Copyright-allrightsreservedInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission3,ruedeVarembéGeneva,SwitzerlandTelefax:+41229190300e-mail:inmail@iec.chIECwebsitehttp://www.iec.chPForprice,seecurrentcatalogueCommissionElectrotechniqueInternationaleInternationalElectrotechnicalCommissionLICENSEDTOMECONLimited.-RANCHI/BANGALOREFORINTERNALUSEATTHISLOCATIONONLY,SUPPLIEDBYBOOKSUPPLYBUREAU.–2–60601-2-38Amend.1©IEC:1999(E)FOREWORDThisamendmenthasbeenpreparedbysubcommittee62D:Electromedicalequipment,ofIECtechnicalcommittee62:Electricalequipmentinmedicalpractice.Thetextofthisstandardisbasedonthefollowingdocuments:FDISReportonvoting62D/336/FDIS62D/346/RVDFullinformationonthevotingfortheapprovalofthisamendmentcanbefoundinthereportonvotingindicatedintheabovetable.__________Page3CONTENTSAddthetitleofclause23,asfollows:23Surface,cornersandedgesAdd,onpage5,thetitlesofthenewfigures:Figure113–ApplicationofforcesfortestofSIDERAILSFigure114–Examples(only)ofBEDSwithsegmentedSIDERAILSandsingle-pieceSIDERAILSFigure115–TestconePage132.1.109SQUEEZINGandSHEARINGPOINTSModifythetitleofthedefinedtermtoread:SQUEEZINGandSHEARINGPOINTS(FORFINGERS)Add,after2.1.109,thefollowingnewdefinition:*2.1.110PATIENTENTRAPMENTTheabilityforaPATIENTtoinserthis/herhead,neckorchestcavityintoapermanentopeningintheBEDand/oritsACCESSORIESorintoatemporaryopeningcreatedduringNORMALUSE,fromwhichthePATIENTcannotremovethatportionofhis/heranatomy.*2.2.101ELECTRICALLYOPERATEDHOSPITALBED(hereinafterreferredtoasBED)Replacethetextofthedefinitionbythefollowingtextandnote:BEDanditsaccessoriesintendedforuseinthediagnosis,treatmentormonitoringofanadultPATIENTwhilstundermedicalsupervision.NOTEForanexplanationofthebasisforthedefinitionof“...