PD IEC TS 60601-4-6:2024

Medical electrical equipment. Guidance and interpretation. Voluntary guidance to help achieve basic safety and essential performance with regard to the possible effects of electromagnetic disturbances | Status: Current

1 Scope This document provides practical methods to help achieve basic safety and essential performance with regard to the possible effects of em disturbances throughout the expected service life of me equipment or an me system. These practical methods attempt to address all of the different types of errors, malfunctions or failures that can be caused by em disturbances in me equipment or me systems. The purpose of this document is to provide recommendations for the techniques and measures used in the design, verification, and validation of systems, hardware, software, and firmware used in me equipment or me systems to help achieve basic safety and essential performance with regard to the em disturbances that could occur throughout the expected service life.