Health care Equipment(medical Equipment & devices)

 CLASSIFICATION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR MEDICAL DEVICES:

medical devices as : Class I, Class II, and Class III. 

The classification for a device depends upon the level of risk that is associated with the device and the type of service performed

CLASSES OF EQUIPMENT: 

There are 3 classes of medical devices: 

Class I: - devices are low-risk devices. 

Examples include bandages, handheld surgical instruments, and nonelectric wheelchairs. 

Class II: - devices are intermediate-risk devices. . . 

Class III:- devices are high-risk devices that are very important to health or sustaining life.

CLASSIFICATION: 

All electrical equipment is categorized into classes according to the method of protection against electric shock that is used.

CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION : 

Method of protection against electric shock. 

Different areas of application and therefore different electrical safety requirements.

For mains powered electrical equipment there are usually two levels of protection used, called "basic" and "supplementary" protection. The supplementary protection is intended to come into play in the event of failure of the basic protection.