IEC 60601-2-17:2004

Title
Abstract

The use of afterloading equipment for brachytherapy purposes may expose patients to danger if the equipment fails to deliver the required dose to the patient, or if the equipment design does not satisfy standards of electrical and mechanical safety. The equipment may also cause danger to persons in the vicinity if the equipment itself fails to contain the radioactive source(s) adequately within the storage container(s) and/or if there are inadequacies in the design of the treatment room. This Particular Standard establishes requirements to be complied with by manufacturers in the design and construction of afterloading equipment for use in temporary brachytherapy procedures. Its purpose is to identify those features of design that are regarded, at the present time, as essential for the safe operation of such equipment. It places limits on the degradation of equipment performance beyond which it can be presumed that a fault condition exists and where an interlock then operates to return the radioactive source(s) to the storage container(s) and afterwards to prevent continued operation of the equipment.

Issue Date

2004-01-29

Category

MED

Included in IECEE System

2007-10-01

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Id

Name

City

Country

13336

Toronto, Ontario

Canada

13360

Arnhem

Netherlands

13351

Milano

Italy

13371

Kista

Sweden

13375

Surrey

United Kingdom

13345

Nürnberg

Germany

13346

München

Germany

13340

Ballerup

Denmark

13423

Northbrook

United States of America

13344

Offenbach / Main

Germany

Id

Name

City

Country

13358

Gunpo-si,Gyeonggi-do, 15809

Korea, Republic of

13359

Gyeonggi-do

Korea, Republic of

13356

Gyeongsangnam-do

Korea, Republic of

13343

Fontenay-Aux-Roses

France

13361

Lysaker

Norway

13334

BRUSSELS 1070

Belgium

13364

Warsaw

Poland